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CEREMONIES 



INCIDENT TO THE 



UNVEILING 



OF THI'. 



BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE 



OF 



General Ulysses S. Grant 

ERECTED IN FAIRMOUNT PARK 

PA' THE 

Fairmount Park Art Association 

OF PHILADELPHIA 

Grant Day, Thursday, April 27, 1899 

* 

I'll I 1. A nr. I, r II I A 

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 

1899 






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61335 




THE GRANT MONUMENT 



NOTICE 

On November 29, 1899, the printing establishment of the 
J. B. Lippincott Co. was destroyed by fire, including the partly 
completed edition of this Report. It was, therefore, necessary to 
begin the work anew. 

Indulgence for the delay in issuing the Report is requested 
on this account. 
April 1900 

FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATIOX 



Joel J. Bailv 
Westcott Bailey 
Charles J. Cohen 
John h. Converse 
Thomas J. Dolan 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

A. G Hetherinqton 
Charles H. Howell 
Henry K. Fox 
William W. Justice 
James MacAlister, LL.D. 



Leslie W. Miller 
John T. Morris 
James W. Paul, Jr. 
E. Burgess Warren 
C. N. Weyganot 



OFFICERS— 1900 



President 

CHARLES H. HOWELL 

Vice-Presidents 

JOEL J. BAILY 

CHARLES C. HARRISON, LL.D. 
FERDINAND J. DREER 
CHARLES E. DANA 



Counsellor 

JAMES M. BECK 



Treasurer 

JAMES W. PAUL, Jr. 



Secretary 

LESLIE W. MILLER 



City of Philadelphia 
Commissioners of Fairmount Park for 1899 



•JAMES McMANES 
DAVID W. SELLERS 
WILLIAM S. STOKLEY 
A. LOUDON SNOWDEN 
SAMUEL G. THOMPSON 



CHARLES W. HENRY 
P. A. B. WIDENER 
A. J. CASSATT 
JOHN G. JOHNSON 
THOMAS 0. PEARCE 



(EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS) 



SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE, Mayor 
WENCEL HARTMAN 

President of Common Council 
JOHN C. TRAUTWINE, Jr. 

Chief Engineer, Bureau of Water 



ALFRED S. EISENHOWER 

Chief, Bureau of City Property 
GEORGE S. WEBSTER 

Chief. Bureau of Surveys 
JAMES L. MILES 

President of Select Council 



♦President. JAMES McMANES 
Vice-President, DAVID W. SELLERS Park Solicitor, SAMUEL C PERKINS 

Treasurer, CHARLES W. HENRY Chief Engineer and Sup't, JESSE T. VOGDES 

Secretary, T. S. MARTIN Captain of Park Guard, LOUIS M. CHASTEAU 



•Deceased, Nov. 33, 1899 



Fairmount Park Art Associatio 



N 



Founded June, 1871. 
Incorporated February 2, 1872. 
City Branch Established 1888. 



OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT, 

JOHN H. CONVERSE. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

JOEL J. BAILY, * FRANK THOMSON, 

CHARLES C. HARRISON, LL.D., 

WILLIAM W. JUSTICE. 

TREASURER, 

JAMES W. PAUL, Jr. 

SECRETARY, 

CHARLES H. HOWELL. 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

Joel J. Bailv, A. G. Hetherington, 

Westcott Bailey, Charles H. Howell, 

Charles J. Cohen, James MacAlister, LL.D., 

John H. Converse, Leslie W. Miller, 

Thomas J. Dolan, John T. Morris, 

Ferdinand J. Dreer, James W. Paul, Jr., 

Henry K. Fox, E. Burgess Warren, 
C. N. Wevgandt. 

counsellor, 
JAMES M. BECK, Esq. 

♦Deceased, June 5. 1899. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



COMMITTEE ON GRANT MEMORIAL. 

For the years 1886, 1887, and 1888. 

Joel J. Baily, * Charles J. Harrah, 

Charles J. Cohen, ''Thomas Hockley, 

Lincoln Godfrey, Charles H. Howell. 

*Anthonv J. Dke.xel, C/iainiia)i. 

For the years 1889, i8go, 1891, and 1892. 
Joel J. Baily, * Thomas Hockley. 

Charles J. Cohen, Frederick R. Shelton. 

* Anthony J. Dre.xel, Chairman. 

For the year 1893. 

Joel J. Baily, Charles H. Howell, 

Charles J. Cohen, John T. Morris, 

John H. Converse, Frederick R. .Shelton. 

* Anthony J. Drexel, Chainiian. 

For the year 1894. 

Joel J. Baily, John T. Morris, 

Charles J. Cohen, * George B. Roberts, 

Charles H. Howell, Frederick R. Shelton. 

John H. Converse, Chairmau. 

For the years 1895. 1896, and 1897. 

Joel J. Baily, Charles H." Howell, 

Charles J. Cohen, John T. Morris, 

* George B. Roberts. 
John H. Converse, Chairman. 

For the year 1898. 

Joel J. Baily, Charles H. Howell, 

Charles J. Cohen, John T. Morris, 

* Frank Thomson. 
John H. Converse, Chairman. 

When active preparations for the unveiling were inaugu- 
rated in the early spring of 1899, the Committee on Grant 
Memorial was enlarged, and Sub-Committees were appointed to 
take up the work in its various details. A full list of the Com- 
mittee and Sub-Committees is given herewith. 

* Deceased. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATIOX. 5 

COMMITTEE ON GRANT MEMORIAL 

FOR THE YEAR iSgg. 

Joel J. Baily, John T. Morris, 

Colonel R. Dale Benson, Colonel John P. Nicholson, 

Colonel S. Bonnaffon, Jr., C. Stuart Patterson, 

Captain Thomas J. Dolan, Colonel John Biddle Porter, 

Major J. Campbell Gilmore, Captain W. S. Poulterer, 

Captain James Hogan, Maj.-Gen. Georsje R. Snouclen, 

Colonel Charles H. Howell, * Frank Thomson, 

William \V. Justice, Major Charles S. Turnhull, 

General James W. Latta, Col. T. E. Wiedersheim. 

John H. Converse, Chairman, 

Charles J. Cohen, Secretary. 

* Deceased June 5, 1S99. 

SPECIAL SUB-COMMITTEES. 

March-April, 1899. 

FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

Daniel Baugh, Charles C. Harrison, LL.D., 

Colonel R. Dale Benson, Colonel Charles H. Howell, 

Clarence H. Clark, William W. Justice, 

Edward H. Coates, Justus C. Strawbridge, 

Isaac H. Clothier, E. Burgess Warren, 

John H. Converse, C. N. Weygandt. 
Joel J. B.mlv, Chairman, 

James W. Paul, Jr., Treasurer. 

committee on invitation. 

Colonel Charles H. Howell. 

Colonel John P. Nicholson, Chairman. 

RECEPTION committee. 

Joel J. Baily, Leslie W. Miller, 

Charles J. Cohen, Archibald R. Montgomery, 

John H. Converse, Colonel John P. Nicholson, 

Colonel T. DeWilt Cuyler, James W. Paul, Jr., 

Frank Miles Day, Hon. John M. Scott, 

Charles C. Harrison, LL.D., Theodore C. Search, 

A. G. Hetherington, Maj.-Gen. George R. Snowden. 

Colonel Charles H. Howell, William R. Tucker, 

General James W. Latta, E. Burgess Warren, 

J. Duudas Lipiiincott, Col. T. E. Wiedersheim, 
James II. Windrim. 

John T. .Mokkis, Chairman. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

COMMITTEE ON GRANT MEMORIAL.— Continued. 
Special Sub-Committees. — Continued. 

WOMEN'S RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 

Mr.s. Edward Cole.s, Miss Lydia T. Morris, 

Mrs. John H. Converse, Mrs. James M. Rhodes, 

Mrs. George W. Childs Drexel, Mrs. John Thompson Spencer, 
Mrs. Daniel Holsman, Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, 

Mrs. Charles H. Howell, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, 

Miss Anne Thomson. 
Mrs. Charles Custis Harrison, Chairman. 

COMMITTEE ON MILITARY DISPLAY. 

Colonel S. Bonnaffon, Jr. , General James W. Latta, 

Major J. Campbell Gilmore, Captain VV. S. Poulterer, 

Captain James Hogan, Major Charles S. Turnbull. 

Colonel Theodore E. Wiedersheim, Chairman. 

COMMITTEE ON CEREMONIES. 

Lewis E. Beitler, H. M. Rolin, 

Captain Thomas J. Dolan, W. Hinckle Smith, 

William S. Hallowell, Joseph Allison Steinmetz. 

Colonel Charles H. Howell, Chairman. 

COMMITTEE ON STANDS. 

John T. Morris. 
Charles J. Cohen, Chairman. 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION. 

Charles J. Cohen, Colonel Charles H. Howell, 

John H. Converse, President, ex-officio. 
Joel J. Bailv, Chairman. 



The following 

SPECIAL COMMITTEES 

were appointed by John T. Morris, Chairman, Reception Committee. 

To wait upon tlie President of the United States and his Cabinet: 
Mr. John H. Converse, Mr. Charles C. Harrison, 

Mr. Frank Thomson, 

and by request of President Converse Mr. Morris was added 

to the Committee. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 7 

SPECIAL COMMITTEES.— Continued. 

To icait upon lite ii/inisfcr from France and the Cousuls from Foreign 

Governments : 

Mr. E. Burgess Warren, Mr. James W. Paul, Jr. 

761 wait upon Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Grant and General Grant's family, 

and wires of the members of the Cabinet : 

Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, and a Committee of \\"omen. 

To 7C'ait upon the Offlecrs of the Army : 
Col. Theodore E. Wiedersheini, Maj.-Gen. George R. Snowden, 

Col. John P. Nicholson, Gen. James W. Latta. 

To ccait upon the Officers of the Naiy : 
Mr. William R. Tucker. 

To wait upon the Sculptors, Mr. French and Mr. Potter: 
Mr. Frank Miles Day, Mr. Leslie W. Miller. 

To wail upon the Orator. Ilatnplon L. Carson, Esq. : 
Mr. Joel J. Baily. 

To luait upon Bishop Whi taker : 
Mr. W. W. Justice. 

To wait upon the Governor and Staff: 
Col. Charles H. Howell, Major Charles S. Tunilnill. 

To wait upon the Committee of the Legislature : 
Hon. John M. Scott. 

To wait upon the Mayor : 
Mr. Theodore C. Search. 

To -wait upon the Director of Public .Safely, the Director of Public IVorAs, 

the President of Select Council, the Pi-esident of Common Council, 

and the Chairman of Finance Committee of Councils : 

Mr. James H. Windrim. 

To -wait upon the Women's Committee : 
Mr. J. Dundas Lippincott, Mr. A. R. Montgomery, 

Mr. Charles J. Cohen. 



FAIRMOVNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA AT THE UNVEILING. 

In the House of Representatives, 

Harrisburg, Pa., April 3, 1899. 
Whereas, An equestrian statue, to commemorate the distinguished 
services of General Grant during the Civil War, has been erected in 
Fairmount Park, city of Philadelphia, and is to be unveiled on April 27, 
1S99, and 

Wliereas, The occasion uill not only be one of \ery great local 
interest, but State and National as v\'ell, and 

Whereas, The President of the United States and his Cabinet, and 
other men of national prominence will take part and be present on the 
occasion of the unveiling of said monument, therefore, be it 

Resolved (if the Senate concur). That there be a committee ap- 
pointed, consisting of thirteen members, five on the part of the Senate 
and eight on the part of the House, to represent these honorable bodies 
at the unveiling of said statue, to act in conjunction with those having 
the same in cliarge at Philadelphia ; said committee to serve without 
expense to the Commonwealth. Jere B. Re.x, 

Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
The foregoing resolution concurred in. 

E. \V. Smiley, 
Chief ClerA- of the Senate. 
Approved — Tlie 6th day of April, A. D. 1S99. 

William A. Stone, 

Goz'er/ior. 

COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 

Representing the State on the occasion of the Unveiling of the 
Grant Statue. 
Hon. William B. Meredith, Armstrong County 
Hon. John M. Scott, Philadelphia County. 
Hon. William M. Brown, Lawrence County. 
Hon. William C. Sproul, Delaware County. 
Hon. J. Henry Cochran, Lycoming County. 
Hon. Ale-xander Colville, Philadelphia County. 
Hon. Joseph Alexander, Clearfield County. 
Hon. Charles H. Duttera, Adams County. 
Hon. George W. Skinner, Fulton County. 
Hon. Quinton O. Reitzel, Lancaster County. 
Hon. John J. Scheuer, Lackawanna County. 
Hon. William Anderson, Schuylkill County. 
Hon. Ebenezer Adams, Pliiladfli)hi.i Count\-, Chaininiii. 



ON THE PART OF 
THE SENATE. 



ON THE 

PART OK 

THE 

HOUSE. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF 
PHILADELPHIA. 

April, 1899. 
MAYOR, 

Hon. Samuel H. Ashbridge. 

director of public safety, 
Abraham L. English. 

director of public works, 
William C. Haddock. 



SELECT COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Joseph M. Adams. 
George B. Edwards. 
J. Emory Byram. 
Thomas S. Wihliaiik. 
AVilbur F. Short. 
James A. Briggs. 
Edward W. Patton. 
Lucas G. Fourier. 
Henry R. Shoch. 
William McCoach. 
Watson D. Upperman. 
Franklin M. Harris. 
Samuel Lamond. 
B. S. C. Thomas. 
Joseph H. Brown. 
Hugh Black. 
Edward W. Saybolt. 
Hamilton W. Sherlock. 
Richard F. Schofield. 
Samuel Crothers. 



Wa 


rds. 


W.T 


I. 


William S. Vare. 


21. 


2. 


Joseph L. Nobre. 


22. 


3- 


Harr>- J. Trainer. 


23- 


4- 


William McMuIIen. 


24. 


5- 


James B. Anderson. 


25- 


6. 


James Nolan. 


26. 


7- 


Charles Seger. 


27. 


S. 


George W. Sunderland. 


28. 


9- 


Robert R. Bringhurst. 


29. 


10. 


James P. McNichol. 


io- 


II. 


Joseph H. Klenimer. 


31- 


12. 


George W. Joerger. 


32- 


13- 


James L. Miles. 


Zl- 


14. 


W. J. St. Clair. 


34- 


15- 


William G. Huey. 


35- 


16. 


Henrj- Clay. 


36. 


17- 


George D'Autrechy. 


37- 


18. 


Isaac D. Hetzell. 


38. 


19- 


Edward Buchholz. 


39- 


20. 


George W. Kucker. 


40. 



OFFICERS OF SELECT COUNCIL. 

James L. Miles, Prcsidfiif. James Franklin, Scri^caiil-at-Aniis. 

Joseph H. Paist, Cliicf Clerk. Harold Godfrey, Sknographer. 

Henry W. Robertson, Ass^t Clerk. L. Eugene \'ates, Hfesscnger. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 



Wards. 

1. Harry Y. Shu.a;art. 
Joseph R. C. McAllister. 
James M. Hazlett. 
Gustave Hahn. 

2. Andrew W. Falbey. 
Patrick Donohoe. 
David Phillips. 

3. John H. Remig, M.D. 

4. Harry Quinn. 
Daniel J. Ryan. 

5. Henry S. Martin. 
C. D. B. Balbirnie. 

6. William Van Osten. 

7. John S. Hammond. 
Edward P. Macken. 
Chris. J. Perry. 
Charles H. Johnson. 

8. Wencel Hartmau. 
Alfred Gratz. 

9. Charles Roberts. 

10. William H. Garrett. 
Bennett L. Smedley. 
George McCurdy. 

11. Edwin E. Smith, 

12. John H. Klang. 
i^. James C. Collins. 

Ellsworth H. Hiilts. 
John Lunkenheimer, Jr. 

14. John T. Stauffer. 
Alexander Abrahams. 
Thomas H. Zimmerman. 

15. H. L. Montgomery. 
George Thomas. 
Theodore Borden. 
M. B. Parker. 
Charles Ouram. 
Thomas B. Price. 

16. Samuel B. Gilpin. 

17. August Hohl. 
Christian F. Gramlicli. 

iS. Richard T. Irwin. 
Martin W. Bougher. 
William H. Mingle. 



Wards. 

18. Jacob F. Henderson. 

19. Robert W. B. Cornelius, M.D. 
John Doak, Jr. 

W. Harris Seltzer. 
Joseph A. Eslen. 
Elmer S. Little. 
James M. Crawford. 
John R. McLean, Jr. 

20. Charles K. Smith. 
Morris M. Caverow. 
George W. Conrad. 
Thomas J. Morton, M.D. 
George Hawkes. 
William Shane. 

21. William F. Di.xon. 
Josiah Linton. 
Geor,ge W. Rumney. 

22. Thomas Meehan. 
Jacob J. Seeds. 
John W. Davidson. 
Wilson H. Brown. 
William G. Carroll. 
Frank H. Massey. 
Vacancy. 

23. J. Howard Morrison. 
Joseph R. Embery. 
Charles A. Lumley. 

24. Ale.xander RL DeHaven. 
Frank Stevens. 

Frank Richards. 
J. F. Neil!. 
John Lang. 
Joseph P. Hughes. 

25. William R. Knight, Jr. 
John H. Woodhead. 
Richard E. Tongue. 
Ezekiel Gordon. 
Albert Webster. 

26. Edward A. Anderson. 
George H. Kelley. 
William Harkness. 
Thomas D. Cummings. 
Robert McFadden. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



28, 



29. 



COMMON COUNCIL OF 

Wards. 

27. ]. Warner Goheen. 

Basil H. Brown. 

Harr>' D. Beaston. 

Manuel ]. Hanna. 

Louis M. Monroe. 

L. S. Meyer. 

George J. Jewill. 

Harry ]. Stone. 

VVilmer R. Bait, I\LD. 

George W. Edmonds. 

Daniel H. Buck. 

Anton F. Miller. 

Walter Graham. 

Richard A. Whiley. 

Vacancy. 

Frank McCulIough. 

William H. Funston. 

Robert McFetridge. 

Robert S. Leithead. 

John Pallatt. 

E. W. Richards. 

Cyrus Carsen. 

W. N. Stevenson. 

Herman Loeb. 

Norris E. Henderson. 

Jeremiah H. Shaw. 

Hugh Carlon. 

Charles H. Savre. 



30- 



31 



32 



12, 



THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.- 
Continued. 
Wards. 

^■i. Artluir T. W'adswortli. 
Thomas Wagner, Jr. 
George T. Thackara. 
Robert J. Patton. 
George W. Ruch. 

34. Frank H. Caven. 
Frank M. Jobson. 
Ellwood S. (jilton. 
James H. Pearson. 

35. Peter E. Costello. 
Charles B. Barton. 

36. Samuel K. Stinger. 
Arthur R. H. Morrow. 
John J. Orr. 
Thomas J. Henry. 
William J. W. Moore. 

37. John H. B. Amick, M.D. 
John D. Heins. 
Arthur D. Brenner. 

38. James Thonijj.son. 
Donald L. Harris. 
William L. Miller. 

39. John C. Steger. 
William A. Miller. 
Robert T. Smith. 
William H. Crane, M.D. 

40. Charles E. Connell. 
Edward E. CuUen. 



OFFICERS OF COMMON COUNCIL. 



Wm. H. Felton, Com. Clerk. 
Chas. B. Hall, Sergeant-at-Arms. 
Wm. H. Lelar, Stenographer. 
Daniel K. Engelman, Messenger. 



Wencel Hartman, President. 
Geo. W. Kochersperger, Chief Clk. 
William Bartley, 1st Ass' t Clerk. 
Gavin Neilson, 2d Ass't Clerk. 
Wm. H. Baker, Sec. Finance Com. 

JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCILS ON FINANCE. 
Common Council. 
Messrs. Seeds (Chairman), C. K. Smith, Anderson, Roberts, Van Osten, 
Garrett, Wadsworth, Buck, Gratz, McAllister, Co.stello, and J. V. 
Henderson. 

Select Council. 
Messrs. Patton, Anderson, Harris, Short, Bringhurst, McMulIen, L'pper- 
man, McCoach, Ihown, Klemmer, Black, and Laniond. 



13 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



THE GRANT FUND. 

Following the death of General Ulysses S. Grant in July, 
1885, a movement was set on foot for the purpose of collecting 
a suitable fund with which to erect a bronze equestrian statue 
to his memory in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 

The net sum of $12,153. 56 was collected and acknowledged 
by the Secretary in due form in the Fourteenth Annual Report 
of the Board of Trustees, March 24, 1886. 

By proper investment and an accretion of interest, with 
some additional contributions, the fund reached the sum of 
$23,450.50, by which, together with the very liberal contribution 
made by the City Councils of Philadelphia, namely, $9000, the 
entire cost of the statue and pedestal has been defrayed. 

In 1893, the " Grant F"und," as the sum of money collected 
was designated, reached the amount required, and, after careful 
deliberation by a special Committee of the Board of Trustees on 
Grant Memorial, proposals were invited from a number of Ameri- 
can sculptors. The Committee finally recommended that the 
award be made to Daniel Chester French, a sculptor of national 
reputation, who requested the privilege of associating with him- 
self Edward C. Potter, also an American sculptor ; Mr. French 
to model the figure and Mr. Potter the horse. 

The recommendation of the Committee was approved by 
the Board of Trustees, at a meeting held in 1893, at which the 
late Anthony J. Dre.xel, Esq., President of the Association, pre- 
sided.* The commission was given to Mr. French, January 23, 
1894. 

* The late Anthony J. Drexel, Esq., President of the Fair- 
mount Park Art Association, and a close personal friend of 
General Grant, with premonition, perhaps, frequently expressed 
a desire to witness the erection of the memorial to General Grant 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATIOA. 13 



ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UNVEILING. 

The statue and pedestal were completed and [)laced in posi- 
tion durins; the autumn of 1897, and it was intendeil that the 
unveiling should take place on (irant Day, April 27, 1898. 
When the time approached for making the necessary arrange- 
ments for the unveiling, the condition of the country after the 
destruction of the battleship " Maine" in the harbor of Havana 
was such as to engross the entire attention of the public, as well 
as to claim the entire use of the military, in the regular army 
and in the National Guard ; it was therefore decided by the 
Committee that to unveil the statue at that time would be cjuite 
impracticable. 

The matter was carefully thought over, and a postponement 
finally decided upon until the autumn of that year. Arrange- 
ments were then made with the Municipal Committee of the 
Peace Jubilee that the unveiling should take place on Military 
D*ay, the 27th of October, 1898, and the Committee on Grant 
Memorial had begun perfecting its arrangements through various 
sub-committees to that end. 

A few days previous to the appointed time it was found 
that the route of the military parade, as decided upon by the 
Jubilee Committee, was of such great length as positively to 
prohibit its being a part of the unveiling ceremonies at the Grant 



undertaken by the Association. As noted in the minute on the 
occasion of his death, June 30. 1893, adopted in the autumn of 
that year, the statement was made that upon the completion of 
the memorial, the name of Anthony J. Drexel, the late honored 
president of the Association, would stand forth prominently in 
connection with the ceremonies of the unveiling of the monu- 
ment in which he was so interested at the time of his death. 
The Committee therefore desires to incorporate this with the 
proceedings of the unveiling. 



14 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE UNVEILING.— Continued. 

Monument. Suggestion was made that the unveiling should 
take place in an informal manner, but the Committee felt that 
it would be unfitting to the memory of the great soldier to assent 
to any such arrangement. It was therefore finally concluded to 
withdraw the unveiling from the programme of the Peace Jubilee, 
and definite postponement was made until Grant Day, April 
27, 1899. 

THE FIGURE. 

The artists chose for their motif a moment when General 
Grant was surveying a battle-field from an eminence, intent upon 
the operation of the forces before him. The horse is merely 
obedient to the will of the rider. In the figure of Grant has 
been given something of the latent force of the man, manifest- 
ing itself through perfect passivity, and the sphinx-like character 
which has mystified all who have studied him has been portrayed. 
General Grant's costume and its arrangement were chosen from 
the few collections available, with a view to carrying out the im- 
pression as forcibly as possible. General Frederick D. Grant is 
authority for the long cape to the overcoat ; his father wore one 
much longer than was usual. The hat was also made on his 
authority. 

THE HORSE. 

The model selected for the horse was the gray gelding 
"General Grant, ' ' nineteen years old, whose sire was ' ' Leopard, ' ' 
an Arabian stallion, presented to General U. S. Grant by the 
Sultan of Turkey, in 1878. This horse was bred, and is now 
owned, by Joel J. Baily, Esq., of Philadelphia. 

THE STATUE. 

The equestrian statue of General Ulysses S. Grant is of heroic 
size, was cast in bronze by Bureau Bros., at Philadelphia, and is 




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F.UKMOC.XT /'.lA'A' Airr ASSOCIATION. 



'5 



THK STATUE.— Continued. 
])lacLxl on a pedestal of pale pink Jonesboro' granite, designed 
by Frank Miles Day & Rro. , Architects, in consultation with 
the sculptors. 

Its total height to the bronze plinth supporting the statue is 
15 feet 3^ inches. The pedestal is supported on a step, which 
supports a seat entirely surrounding the moulded base of the 
monument. On this rests the die, a plain mass of granite, dimin- 
ishing towards the top with considerable entasis, and crowned 
with a moulded cornice and neck mouldings. The die carries 
on its front a bronze wreath surrounding the word "Grant." 
The height of the statue from bottom of plinth to top of rider's 
hat is 15 feet i inch : the size of the jjlinth is 5 feet 6 inches by 
12 feet 6 inches, and the total weight of the statue is five tons. 

The total cost of the statue and pedestal was $32,675.35. 
Of this amount, $9000.00 was expended for the construction of 
the pedestal, this sum having been voted by the City Councils 
of Philadelphia, and constituting a very generous contribution 
from the Municipal Government. 

The monument is located at the intersection of East Park 
Ri\'er Drive and Fountain Green Drive, in front of the Fountain 
Green Arches, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 



THE INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF 
THE Ul^ITED STATES. 

In the autumn of 189S, when the unveiling of the Grant 
Statue in October was contemplated, President Converse and 
Mr. John T. Morris, as a special committee, visited Washington, 
and received from the President his acceptance of the invitation 
of the Fairmount Park Art Association to be present at the 
unveiling. When postponement was found inevitable, the ac- 
ceptance was courteously continued ; and on the occasion of the 
second visit of a committee, April 5, i<S99, President McKinley 
signified his willingness and desire to be present. 



1 6 FAIRMOU^JT PARK ART ASSOC/A T/OX. 



THE INVITATION TO THE CABINET AND 
OFFICERS. 

The invitation of the Fairmount Park Art Association was 
extended to the members of the President's Cabinet, to the 
Commanding General of the Army, as well as to many distin- 
guished members of the Army, the Navy, and the General 
Government. 

THE INVITATION TO GENERAL GRANT'S 
FAMILY. 

The Secretary had been empowered at an earlier date to 
address letters to Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant and to members of her 
family, asking the privilege of their presence on the occasion of 
the unveiling. Mrs. Grant and several members of her family 
accepted the Society's invitation, and were present at the cere- 
monies. 

The account that follows contains the names of some of the 
distinguished guests who were present and a brief narrative of 
the principal events connected with the un\eiling ceremonies. 

THE GUESTS. 

Hon. William McKinley, President of the United States. 

Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury. 

Hon. John Davis Long, Secretary of the Navy. 

Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior 

Hon. John William Griggs, Attorney-General. 

Brigadier-General Frederick D. Grant, V. S. V. (son of 
General U. S. Grant). 

Captain Algernon Sartoris, U. S. V. (grandson of General 
U. S. Grant). 

Lieutenant Alexander Sharp, V. S. N. (nephew of General 
U. S. Grant). 

Dr. Rixey, Physician to the President, and Mr. George B. 
Cortelvou, Acting Private Secretary. 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 17 

THE GUESTS.— Continued. 

Major-General Nelson A. Miles, commandintv U. .S. Army. 
Captain J. B. Coghlan, U. S. S. "Raleigh." 
Lieutenant-Commander T. S. Phelps, U. S. S. "Raleigh." 
Hon. William A. Stone, ("io\ernor of the Commonweallh, 
Commander-in-Chief National Guard of Pennsylvania. 



STAFF OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. 

Brigadier-General Thomas J. Stewart, Adjutant-General. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Ezra H. Ripple, Assistant Adjutant- 
General. 

Colonel P'rank G. Sweeney, Inspector-General. 

Colonel B. Frank Eshleman, Judge Advocate-General. 

Colonel Thomas Potter, Jr., Quartermaster-General. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Moody, Assistant Quartermas- 
ter-General. 

* Colonel Edward E. Robbins, Commissary-General. 

Lieutenant-Colonel George M. Hallstead, Assistant Com- 
missary-General. 

Colonel John V. Shoemaker, Surgeon-General. 

Colonel Frank K. Patterson, General Inspector of Rille 
Practice. 

Colonel Sheldon Potter, Chief of Artillery. 



AIDES-DE-CAMP. 

Lieutenant-Colonel James Elvcrson, Jr. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Hall. 

* Lieutenant-Colonel Millard Hunsiker. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas J. Keenan, Jr. 

* Lieutenant-Colonel James M. Reid. 

* Lieutenant-Colonel William L. Elkins. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Harry C. Tre.xler. 

* Not Present. 
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1 8 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



STAFF OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.— Continued. 

* Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Huhn. 
Lieutenant-Colonel A. Frank Seltzer. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Ned Arden Flood. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles C. Pratt. 
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Milton Taylor. 

NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 

Color-Sergeant Jacob Green. 

* Chief Musician Edgar M. Major. 

THE GUESTS.— Continued. 

Theodore S. Peck, Brigadier-General, of Vermont, repre- 
senting the Governor of \'ermont. 

Colonel Charles A. Converse, Special Aide-de-Camp, repre- 
senting the Governor of Vermont. 

Mrs. William McKinley, wife of the President. 

Mrs. U. S. Grant, widow of General U. S. Grant. 

Mrs. Lyman J. Gage, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury. 

Mrs. John Davis Long, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. 

Mrs. John William Griggs, wife of the Attorney-General. 

Miss Rosemary Sartoris, grand-daughter of General U. S. 
Grant. 

Mrs. Frederick D. Grant. 

Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer (sister of General U. S. Grant). 

Mrs. Ale.xander Sharp. 

THE ARRIVAL. 

On the morning of the 27th of April, Mr. John H. Converse 
and Mr. Frank Thomson left the city and met the Presidential 
party at Wilmington, accompanying them on the special train, 
reaching Broad Street Station by the Pennsylvania Railroad at 
exactly the hour appointed, 12.30 p.m. Here the party was 

*Not Present. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOC [ATinx. 19 



THF. ARRIVAL.— Continued. • 

met by Mr. John T. Morris, Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Mr. j. 
Dundas Lippincott, Mr. Archibald Montgomery, with Mr. 
Charles Randolph Wood and Mr. John Anderson as aides to 
Mrs. Harrison. The Presidential party was escorted to the 
Market Street exit, where carriaqi^es were in waiting, whilst Mrs. 
McKinley and the ladies were escorted by Mrs. Harrison to the 
Broad Street e.xit. 

The Presidential party consisted of the President and Mrs. 
McKinley ; Secretary of the Treasury Gage and Mrs. Gage ; 
Secretary of the Navy Long and Mrs. Long ; Attorney-General 
Griggs and Mrs. Griggs ; Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock ; 
acting private secretary to the President, Mr. Cortelyou ; Dr. 
Ri.xey, and Mr. Se.\ton. The whole party was escorted to the 
Bellevue, where the gentlemen were entertained at hmcheon, 
whilst the ladies were received and entertained by Mrs. Harrison 
at breakfast. 

Mrs.U. S. Grant, accompanied by her grand-daughter, Miss 
Rosemary Sartoris, and Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer by her friend, 
Miss Jube, arrived on the 26th of April. They were entertained 
at the Hotel Walton. Mrs. Grant was met by Mrs. Harrison, 
who escorted her to the hotel and spent the evening with her. 

Lieutenant Sharp and Mrs. Sharp, the former a nephew of 
Mrs. Grant, were the guests of friends. 

General Frederick D. Grant, having reached New York 
from Porto Rico on the 26th, arrived in Philadelphia at i o'clock 
on the 27th, having been escorted by A. G. Hetherington, of 
the Committee. General Grant was accompanied by his wife, 
and was met at the railway station by Mr. John H. Converse, 
Mr. John T. Morris, and Mrs. Charles C. Harrison. 

At 12.30 P.M. luncheon was served at the Hotel Stratford, 
which was attended by the Military, Naval, and Civil guests 
of the Reception Committee. 

From 5.30 to 7 o'clock p.m., on the return from Fairmount 
Park, a collation was served at the Hotel Stratford to the same 
guests. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



THE PROCESSION TO FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

At 2 o'clock P.M., the First Troop, Philadelphia City 
Cavalry, reported at the Hotel Bellevue and acted as escort to 
the President of the United States. 

The following members of that organization were present : 

Captain John C. Groonie, Second Lieutenant J. F. McFadden. 

First Lieutenant Edward Browning, Cornet J. W. Martin, 
.Surgeon B. B. Reath. 

SERGEANTS. 

Bates, Borie, Wagner, Tliibault. 

CORPOR.^LS. 

Merrill, Chew, Heckscher, Thibault, Wister, Thayer. 

PRIVATES. 

Barcla)-, Meirs, 

Biddle, Neilson, 

Bower, Orbison, 

Brinton, Pardee, 

Cadwalader, T., Rawle, 

Cadwalader, W'. B., Reeves, 

Cramp, Reilly, J. R., 

Denckla, Rhodes, 

Forbes, Ridgway, 

Frazer, Riley, H. D., 

Godfrey, Robb, 

Goodman, S., Jr., Rosengarten, A. G., 

Goodman, W. E., Jr., Rosengarten, M. G., Jr., 

Green, Rowland, 

Huidekoper, Starr, 

Lennig, Stevens, 

Lewis, Taylor, 

McFadden, Warden, N. B., 

Madeira, Wharton, 
Witmer. 

TRUMPETERS. 

Pugli, singer. 

At 2.15 P.M., President McKinley, accompanied by Mr. 
John H. Converse and Mr. Charles C. Harrison, took his seat in 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 21 

THE PROCESSION TO FAIRMOUNT PARK.— Continued. 

the carriage and left the Bellevue, being followed by the distin- 
guished guests in carriages, as follows : 

M. Jules Cambon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- 
tentiary of the French Republic to the United States. 

Her Britannic Majesty's Consul for the States of Pennsyl- 
vania, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, Wilfred Powell, Esq. 

Consul of France for the State of Pennsylvania, M. Edouard 
A. Pesoli. 

Consul of the German Empire at Philadelphia, Herr Carl 
Bcrnhard Marheinecke. 

Consul of Italy at Philadelphia, Count Angiolo Dall' Aste 
Brandolini. 

Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant and family. 

Mrs. William iNIcKinley and the wives of the Cabinet officers. 

Officers of the Army. 

Officers of the Navy. 

The sculptors, Daniel Chester P'renchand Edwartl C. Potter. 

The orator, Hampton L. Carson, Esq. 

Right Rev. O. W. Whitaker, Bishop of Pennsylvania. 

The Governor of Pennsylvania, with his Military Staff. 

The Committee of the Legislature of the .State of Pennsyl- 
vania. 

The Mayor of Philadelphia. 

City officials of Philadelphia. 

Honored guests. 

The route lay north on Broad Street to Spring Garden 
Street, to Fairmount Park ; thence by the East River Drive to 
the Statue. 

AT THE STATUE. 

Shortly before 3 o'clock p.m. the procession arrived, ha\ing 
received a continuous ovation along the entire route. Presi- 
dent McKinley, on alighting, was greeted by Colonel Charles H. 
Howell, Secretary of the Fairmount Park Art Association and 



22 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

AT THE STATUE.— Continued. 

Chairman of the Committee on Ceremonies, and was escorted 
to the official stand, accompanied by the members of the 
Cabinet and by the distinguished guests whose names have 
been noted. 

A detachment of the Veteran Corps, First Regiment In- 
fantry, N. G. P. , was detailed for duty at the official stand, and 
consisted of Captain Pearson S. Conrad, Alfred F. Watch, J. 
W. Mickle, W. K. Wilson, R. C. Ballinger, F. D. Heckman, 
M. M. Coppuck, H. H. Baker, H. M. Rolin, John Allen, W. 
H. Sutter, George F. Root, J. A. Stewart, W. P. Homer. 

As the President alighted, the First Battalion, Naval Force 
of Pennsylvania, fired the President's salute of twenty-one guns. 



THE ARMY AND NAVY SALUTE. 

The President's salute was assigned to the Naval Force 
of Pennsylvania, Commander John S. Muckle commanding. 

The unveiling salute was assigned to Battery D, National 
Guard of Pennsylvania, Captain C. J. Carpenter commanding. 

The signalling for the salutes was placed under the direction 
of Commander Muckle, who assigned Lieutenant Henry Hudson 
Smith, N. F. P., as Signal Officer ; Ensign A. W. Russell, Jr., 
N. F. P., and Ensign Horace Wanamaker, N. F. P., in charge 
of the guns; and Surgeon Joseph Sailor, N. F. P., for emer- 
gency work. 

Through the courtesy of the Philadelphia & Reading Rail- 
way Co., the Western Union Telegraph Co., and the West Jer- 
sey and Seashore Railroad Co. , telegraphic communication was 
established between the monument in Fairmount Park and the 
clock tower on the ferry house, foot of Market Street, which 
made it possible to signal to the U. S. S. " Raleigh," lying in 
the Delaware River. 

When the monument was unveiled. Battery D was signalled, 
and immediately fired a General's salute of seventeen guns, and 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 23 

THE ARMY AND NAVY SALUTE.— Continued. 

at the same time the ferry house was signalled to lower the code 
flags, and the " Raleigh" then fired her salute. 

The ordnance used for the firing of the President's salute 
was stored at the Undine Barge Club (lower house), Fairmount 
Park, under the care of the government ship-keepers of the 
U. S. S. "St. Louis" and "Shearwater." After the pieces 
were stored away, the flag used by the Naval Militia was hoisted 
on the Club House, thus officially establishing Connnander 
Muckle's headquarters. 



24 FAIRMOUXr PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

THE UNVEILING CEREMONIES AT 3 O'CLOCK 

Iproovatnine 



CEREMONIES 

ATTENDING THE UNVEILING OF THE 

BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE 

OF 

General Ulysses S. Grant 

IN 

FAIRMOUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA 
Thursday, April 27, 1899 

The 77th Anniversary of his Birth. 

His Honor 

Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor of Philadelphia 

Presiding 



Upon the Arrival of the Presi- 
dent of the United States, 
Salute of Twenty-one 

Guns By Division A, Naval Force 

0/ Pennsylvania. 

Music 

FirsI RegiDienl Infantry Band. 



FA/KMOUNT PARK ART ASSOC/Ar/O.V. 



IPvooranimc 

CONTINL'liD 

Invocation and Prayer . . fJy Rt. Rev. Ozi 11'. ir/ii/airr, 

D.D., Bishop of /'cniisy/- 
c'ania. 

Opening Remarks .... Jly Hon. Samuel II. AMnidge, 

Mayor of Philadelphia. 

Music 

Presentation of the Statue to 
the Commissioners of Fair- 
mount Park By Mr. fohii If. Converse, 

President of the Fairiitoiint 
Park Art Association. 

Unveiling of the Statue . . By Miss Rosemary Sarloris, 

Grand-daughter of General 
/'. -S". Grant. 

Artillery Salute (General) of 

Seventeen Guns . . . By Battery D, National Guard 

of Pennsylvania. 

Reception of the Statue . By the Hon. A. Loudon Snow- 
den, on behalf of the Com- 
missioners of Fairinount 
Park. 

Introduction of the Sculptors, 
Messrs. Daniel Chester 
French and Edward C. 
Potter By .Mr. John H. Converse. 

Music 

Review of the Troops . . By the President of the Cnited 

States. 



26 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor of the City oi Philadelphia, 
presiding, introduced the Bishop of Pennsylvania. 

THE INVOCATION AND PRAYER. 

RIGHT REVEREND OZI W. WHITAKER, D. D. , 
BISHOP OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

Almighty and Everlasting God, in Whom we live, and 
move, and have our being, and from Whom cometh every good 
and perfect gift, we invoke Thy blessing upon all the doings of 
this day, that every thing may be begun, continued, and ended 
in Thee, for the welfare of Thy people, and the honor of Thy 
name, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 

We ask Thy blessing, O God, upon this City and Common- 
wealth. Give to those who legislate for us a sense of responsi- 
bility to Thee and to the people whom they represent. Deliver 
them from temptation and make them honest and wise in the 
discharge of the trust committed to them. To those who are 
charged with the enforcement of law, wilt Thou give courage 
and fidelity in the fulfilment of their duty ; and to us and to all 
our people give a spirit of wilhng obedience to law, that justice 
and equity may prevail amongst us in all our relationships to 
each other and to Thee. We ask Thy blessing upon this whole 
land, and all the people of the several States ; deliver us from 
selfishness and the pride of power and of wealth ; suffer us not 
to be overcome by ambition or greed for gain ; may we realize 
that righteousness alone exalteth a nation. 

We implore Thy favor upon the President of the United 
States, that he may be filled with the Spirit of Wisdom and 
may have strength and patience for all that is before him. And 
we would commend to Thee all weak and dependent peoples, 
especially those with whom we have to do in the Islands with 
which in Thy Providence we have been brought in contact. 
Wilt Thou overrule our relations with them for their welfare. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 27 

THE INVOCATION AND PRAYER.— Continued. 

and for the furtherance of peace and good-will amongst the 
nations of the earth. 

We thank Thee, O God, for all the favor whicli Thou hast 
shown to this nation from its beginning. We thank Thee for 
all Thy servants whom Thou hast raised up to be leaders and 
guides amongst us. Especially now do we thank Thee for the 
heroic life and patient endurance and faithful service of him 
around whose statue we are here assembled. May we emulate 
his integrity, his steadfastness in a righteous cause. May this 
silent figure speak to all who may behold it, of devotion to 
duty, of love of country, of willingness to endure and to suffer 
for the sake of truth. 

These, and all other things which Thou shalt see to be best 
for us, we humbly beg in the name and for the sake of Thy Son, 
Jesus Christ, our Lord, who hast taught us when we pray to say : 

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, 
as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not 
into temptation, but deliver us from evil ; for Thine is the king- 
dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, 
and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. 
Amen. 

ADDRESS OF HON. SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE, 

Mayor of Philadelphia. 

Ladies and Gentlemen : — In the presence of the Presi- 
dent of the United States, the distinguished officers of the nation 
and of the commonwealth, the comrades in arms of the great 
silent soldier, and almost in sight of his famous log cabin head- 
quarters, we are assembled to unveil the commemorative bronze 
statue of General Ulysses S. Grant, the matchless leader, who 
turned the steel of war into the ploughshare of peace. 



28 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

ADDRESS OF HON. SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE.— Continued. 

It is fitting, too, that this merited act of appreciation and 
s;ratitude should be done in the presence of the youthful sur- 
vivors of another war, who have lately returned from the camp 
and the battle-field, where they proved so signally that the les- 
sons taught by him and his comrades have not been lost, and 
that the fire of patriotism which inspired him still glows in the 
rising generation. 

A touching and inspiring incident of the day is the presence 
here upon this platform of the noble woman, the devoted wife 
and patriotic mother, who anxiously waited at home while he 
carried the Stars and Stripes to victory from Vicksburg to 
Appomattox. 

It is peculiarly appropriate that this ceremony, graced as it 
is with the presence of the great men of the nation and the best 
citizenship of our State, should be held in the loyal and historic 
city of Philadelphia. Of all the municipalities of the United 
States there was not one which was prompter to recognize the 
masterly services of Grant, nor was there one whose encourage- 
ment and hospitality he was quicker to appreciate. For a time 
we claimed him as a citizen, and while not actually residing here, 
he was given every mark of our love, admiration, and esteem. 

Our people have for him the same reverent regard as they 
hold for the memory of Washington and Lincoln, the two other 
great characters in the country's history, and whose bronze 
effigies have already been placed in honored stations along this 
magnificent drive. It is not my province to dwell at great 
length on the life story of the hero of the day's proceedings, nor 
to extol the virtues of the city which has played an honorable 
part from before the Revolution in the history of the nation. 
That may be safely left to another occasion, which will close the 
exercises of the day. 

In performing the brief task assigned to me of presiding 
over these unveiling exercises, however, I cannot refrain from 
expressing Philadelphia's hearty welcome to the thousands of 
visitors gathered here from great distances to unite in the homage 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATIOiW 29 

ADDRESS OF HON. SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE.— Continued. 

given the memory of the departed warrior, nor should I fail to 
add a just tribute to the earnest efforts and the patriotic zeal of 
the officers and members of the Fairmount Park Art Associa- 
tion, who ha\-e devoted themselves unselfishly to the adornment 
of our park, and who, in enshrining one of the monumental 
figures of our history, have given to the youth of the city an 
object lesson in those great qualities of self-sacrifice, devotion to 
duty, masterly leadership, and unostentatious manhood which 
characterized Ulysses S. Grant. 



THE PRESENTATION OF THE STATUE. 

ADDRESS OF JOHN H. CONVERSE, ESQ., 

President of the Fairmount Park Art Association, in presenting the 
Statue to the Commissioners of Fairmount Park. 

Mr. President, L.\dies .\nd Gextlemex : — It is a high 
privilege which the Fairmount Park Art Association enjoys 
to-day. Since its organization, in 1871, it has contributed many 
important works for the adornment of this pleasure-ground of 
the people. Its aim has been to promote a love of art, and 
especially of sculpture, and at the same time fittingly to embel- 
lish this most beautiful estate. Nature has been prodigal in her 
gifts and history has added interest to this favored spot. Graceful 
hills and verdant valleys, the winding Schuylkill and the romantic 
Wissahickon, commanding heights and smiling meadows,— all 
have conspired to make Fairmount peerless among the parks of 
our American cities. While nature has done so much, it has 
remained for man to do his share in adding to the beauty of the 
scene. Towards such an end this Association has been per- 
mitted to strive. What it has accomplished is revealed to you 
in various commanding positions throughout this great estate. 

But it is ovir privilege on the present occasion to celebrate 
the completion of the most impressive and inspiring work which 



30 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

ADDRESS OF JOHN H. CONVERSE.— Coiitimied. 

the genius of the sculptor has thus far conceived and executed 
under our auspices. Art is fulfilling its highest office when it 
immortalizes heroism, when it perpetuates the memory of those 
whose fame men' will not willingly let die, when it preserves in 
the hearts of a grateful people reverence and affection for those 
who have rendered service to humanity and saved the nation 
from destruction. 

Fairmount Park already has its memorials of Washington, 
of Lincoln, of Garfield, and of Meade. It has remained for the 
genius of two distinguished American sculptors to add this heroic 
statue of the warrior of Appomattox. To Messrs. Daniel Chester 
French and Edward C. Potter not only Philadelphia, but the 
world that knew and revered General Grant, is indebted for a 
bronze which shall so worthily celebrate his greatness. 

The President of the United States and members of his 
Cabinet testify by their presence here to-day their respect for his 
memory. China, by her Minister, lays a wreath of honor at his 
feet. Representatives of our victorious army and navy, which 
by their recent exploits have confirmed the position of America 
in the front rank of the nations, bear witness by their participa- 
tion in these ceremonies to their loyalty to his memory. Mem- 
bers of the Diplomatic Corps of foreign governments do honor 
to the occasion and to the great American by their presence. 
And, above all, we rejoice that she who shared with him the 
hopes and fears of those times which tried men's souls, is here 
to note this evidence of the gratitude and veneration of a united 
people. 

Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen of the Park Commission: The 
Fairmount Park Art Association, by this final act performed in 
its behalf by his grand-daughter. Miss Rosemary Sartoris, now 
tenders to your care, for the appreciation, enjoyment, and in- 
struction of the people whom you represent, this heroic eques- 
trian statue of the great American soldier and statesman. General 
Ulysses S. Grant. 



FAIRMOU.VT PARK ART ASSOC/AT/OX. 31 



THE UNVEILING. 

As the closing words of the presentation address were being 
uttered, the presiding officer lowered his hand as a signal, 
and Miss Rosemary Sartoris, escorted by her brother, Captain 
Algernon Sartoris, ascended a high platform directly adjoining 
the statue. The silken cords that held the bunting were taken 
by Miss Sartoris, and as the statue was slowly disclosed to view 
Battery D, N. G. P. , fired a general's salute of seventeen guns.* 
At the same moment the U. S. S. " Raleigh," anchored in the 
Delaware River, gave the general's salute of seventeen guns 
from her battery. 

Around the pedestal was draped the American flag used at 
General Miles' s headquarters in Ponce, Porto Rico, during the 
war with Spain. The flag was sent for the occasion by the 
National Society, Children of the American Revolution. 

RECEPTION OF THE STATUE. 

Hox. Samuel H. Ashbridge : — 1 now present the Hon- 
orable A. Loudon Snowden, who will accept the statue on 
behalf of the Park Commissioners. 

SPEECH OF HON. A. LOUDON SNOWDEN, 

On behalf of the Commissioners of Fairmount Park, upon receiving 

the Statue. 

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : — 1 am deeply 
sensible of the honor conferred in my selection to receive, 
on behalf of my fellow-Commissioners of Fairmount Park, this 
colossal statue, erected to commemorate the services of one 
of the greatest soldiers of all times, and one of the noblest 
citizens ever born to the republic. It will be the privilege 
and pleasure of the present Commissioners and their successors 

* The red, white, and blue silken cor<l was secured and presented to Miss Sartoris 
as a memento of the occasion. 



32 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

SPEECH OF HON. A. LOUDON SNOWDEN.— Continued, 
to give to its protection and preservation all needed attention 
and care. 

In this connection, I desire, on behalf of my associates 
and myself, to pay a deserved compliment to the Fairmount Park 
Art Association, which, acting from high public and patriotic 
motives, has contributed so many works of art, including monu- 
ments to commemorate the services of our departed patriots 
and heroes, — all teaching their lesson, — and beautifying this 
great pleasure-ground of the people, which in itself abounds in 
sacred historic associations. 

Although not altogether free from the influence of the 
passions engendered by the great Civil War, we are yet far 
enough removed to be able to form a tolerably correct judgment 
of the character and services of the men who became con- 
spicuous in that stupendous conflict. 

As the years go by, we are not only capable of forming 
a fair estimate of the value of the services of those who fought 
for the Union, but are also able to do justice to the character 
and motives of many of our misguided countrymen, who fought 
a gallant fight against their own highest and best interests. 

The fierce passions of war warp the judgment and render 
it almost impossible at the time to form a correct opinion or 
mete out justice to those whose patriotism should be above 
question and whose ser\-ices should command unstinted praise. 
It is a gratification for us to know, however, that in our country, 
in the calm that succeeds the tempest, in the peace that follows 
war, each one of the great actors in the drama takes the place 
in history to which he is justly entitled. 

Powerful combinations and cabals, ofttimes influenced by 
unworthy motives, may conspire to mislead the public mind 
as to the merits of public servants ; but, with rare exceptions, 
the judgment and enlightened conscience of our people ulti- 
mately " renders honor where honor is due." 

The history of our country from the period of Washington 
and Hamilton illustrates the truth of this statement, which is 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 33 

SPEECH OF HON. A. LOUDON SNOWDEN.— Continued. 

as complimentary to the intelligence and patriotism of our 
people as it is reassuring to all those who, with singleness of 
purpose, offer themselves to the service of their country. 

This truth is conspicuously illustrated in the life and ser- 
vices of General Grant. From the triumph at Fort Donelson 
to the closing scene at Appomatto.x, when the two great Cap- 
tains of the contending armies stood face to face for the last 
time, " each bearing himself as doth become a man," the sleuth- 
hounds of detraction — misrepresentation and falsehood — were 
ever on the great General's heels. But to-day his traducers 
are dead or forgotten, whilst he has his enduring place in his- 
tory, and in the affectionate admiration not only of his own 
countrymen, but of the world. 

It is interesting to observe that in our early history, the 
environment, the culture, and the characteristics of our leaders 
were very similar to the same class in the mother country. 
They were in fact the product of English civilization, as much 
so in many cases as if they had been born and educated in 
England. A great change has taken place in this respect within 
the last half century. Within this period most of those who 
have become conspicuous, who have rendered great service to 
their country and taken an enduring place in our history, have 
been the direct product of our free institutions, bearing their 
impress in their characters. These men were nurtured, moulded, 
and developed ofttimes from the humblest cradle until they 
reached the most honored and exalted station. 

Without referring to our illustrious living statesmen and 
heroes, two figures in all our recent history loom up as con- 
spicuously illustrating this fact. They are Lincoln and Grant. 
These great men demonstrate in their early struggles and in 
their final triumphs the possibilities afforded our youth under 
the benign and fostering care of free government. Indeed, 
the highway to success in all the departments of our varied 
life is not crowded by those who are the sons of the rich and 
influential, but by those whom necessity is urging to the front. 
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34 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

SPEECH OF HON. A. LOUDON SNOWDEN.— Continued. 

Tlie intellectual grasp, the firm purpose, the high courage, 
the true patriotism, essential to enduring fame, in the paths 
trodden by Lincoln and Grant, are developed by constant appli- 
cation, struggle, and pri\'ation. Garfield uttered a great truth 
when he said, "The richest inheritance of an American youth 
is poverty." Our history is adorned by illustrious names, — 
including that of Garfield, — ^who through this hard school have 
secured enduring fame. 

This monument unveiled to-day serves the double purpose 
of manifesting our appreciation of the invaluable services of 
a great soldier and citizen, and of teaching the lesson to the 
present and future generations, that to obtain high station and 
enduring fame, is within the reach of any youth of the Republic, 
who possesses the mental and moral endowments and undergoes 
the rigid discipline which is essential to success. 

I will not attempt a eulogy of the great citizen in whose 
honor we are here to-day. He needs none. I may be per- 
mitted, however, to say, from a close personal acquaintance 
with General Grant, extending through many years, that, in the 
simplicity of his character, in his absolute truthfulness, in his 
sincerity, in his loyalty to his countr)', his family and friends, 
in his directness of purpose, and in the purity of his mind, 
he was a man to be honored, trusted, and loved. No triumphs 
elated, as no reverses discouraged him. At all times and under 
all circumstances he was self-possessed, and always unconscious 
of his own greatness. 

In conclusion, I may say his character was clearly illustrated 
in the closing days of his life at Mount McGregor. Dying of 
a painful, prostrating disease, knowing full well that death was 
close at hand, he continued to write those immortal memoirs 
until they were finished, and the pen fell from his palsied hand. 
In those dying hours he wrote not for fame, — he had all the 
world could bestow, — but that those whom he loved might not 
be dependent, after he was gone, upon the cold charity of the 
world. 



FAIIiMOUyr PARK ART ASSOC/AT/OJV. 35 

SPEECH OF HON. A. LOUDON SNOWDEN.— Continued. 

The Grant of Fort Donelson was superb ; of Vicksburg 
grand in strategy ; of the Wilderness and Petersburg patient, 
persistent, unyielding ; of Appomattox triumphant and gener- 
ous. But, in my judgment, greater and grander than all was 
the Grant of Mount McGrecror. 



INTRODUCTION OF THE SCULPTORS. 

The sculptors, Messrs. Daniel Chester French and Edward 
C. Potter, were then introduced by Mr. Converse to President 
McKinley, to the distinguished guests, and to the assembled 
thousands. 

THE WREATHS. 

A feature of the exercises at the monument was the placing 
of three wreaths on its pedestal in honor of General Grant. 

THE FIRST, of laurel, on behalf of the Military Order of 
the Loyal Legion of the United States, of which General Grant 
was a companion at the time of his death. 

THE SECOND, of flowers, from His Excellency. Wu 
Ting Fang, the Minister from China to the L^nited States, as a 
token of his respect for the memory of General Ulysses 5. Grant, 
and as a tribute of respect from the Chinese Empire. The wreath 
was deposited by the members of the Chinese Naval Battalion 
of Philadelphia. The officers in command were as follows : 

Frederic Poole, Lieutenant-Commander ; Rev. C. H. Bond, 
Chaplain ; Dr. A. G. Baker, Surgeon ; W. H. Bateman, First 
Lieutenant ; W. Careless, Ensign. 

THE THIRD, of flowers, from the Society of Daughters 
of the Revolution. This was deposited by Mrs. Henry Sanger 
Snow, President-General of the Society. Mrs. Snow was es- 
corted to the Statue by Colonel Howell, Secretary of the Fair- 
mount Park Art Association. 



36 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



THE MILITARY AND NAVAL REVIEW. 

At the conclusion of the unveiling ceremony, the Presi- 
dent, with his Cabinet, General Miles, the Governor, the Mayor, 
Ambassador Cambon, and Captain Coghlan, of the U. S. S. 
" Raleigh" (just returned from the Philippines), with other dis- 
tinguished guests, proceeded to a small reviewing stand directly 
facing the drive and reviewed the procession. The President 
was escorted by a dismounted detachment of the First Troop 
Philadelphia City Cavalry, who remained on duty at the stand. 

THE PARADE. 

Chief Marshal, Major-General George R. Snowden. 

STAFF OF CHIEF MARSHAL. 

Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Elliott, Chief of Staf?. 
Lieutenant-Colonel S. S. Hartranft. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Austin Curtin. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander A. E. McCandless. 
Lieutenant-Colonel A. Lawrence Wetherill. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles H. Howell. 
Lieutenant-Colonel Howard L. Calder. 
Lieutenant-Colonel James A. G. Campbell. 
Major Barton D. Evans. 
Major David Lewis. 
Major Thomas S. Martin. 
Sergeant C. B. Fulloway. 
Sergeant R. Liberton. 

FIRST DIVISION. 

United States Naval forces, Captain J. B. Coghlan, L^.S.N., 
commanding. 

Battalion Marines and Seamen, United States Navy, Lieu- 
tenant-Commander T. S. Phelps commanding. 

Marines and Seamen of the U. S. S. " Raleigh." 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 37 

THE PARADE.— Continued. 

Marines and Seamen of the United States at the Navy 
Yard, League Island. 

Battalion Naval Militia, New Jersey, Commander Harry R. 
Cohen. 

SECOND DIVISION. 
Composed of State troops, Brigadier-General John W. 
Schall, First Brigade, N. G. P. , commanding. 

ST.\FF. • 

Major J. Campbell Gilmore, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
Major Charles H. Worman, Inspector. 
Major Henry D. Paxson, Judge Advocate. 
Major A. M. Taylor, Quartermaster. 
Major James K. Weaver, Surgeon. 
■ Major Herbert Cox, Ordnance Officer. 
Captain Thomas J. Dolan, Aide-de-Camp. 

Sergeant- Major John R. Mclntyre. 
Quartermaster- Sergeant John B. Bishop. 
Chief Musician W. P. Tyler. 
Color- Sergeant George W. Edwards. 

FIRST BRIGADE, N. G. P. 

First Regiment Infantry, N. G. P., Lieutenant-Colonel 
commanding, J. Lewis Good. 

Third Regiment Infantry, N. G. P., Colonel Robert Ralston. 

Twentieth Regiment Infantr>', N. G. P., Colonel George 
Leland. 

Nineteenth Regiment Infantry, N. G. P., Colonel O. C. 
Bosbyshell. 

Second Regiment Infantry, N. G. P. , Colonel Henry T. 
Dechert. 

Sixth Regiment Infantry, N. G. P., Lieutenant-Colonel 
Henry A. Shenton. 

State Fencibles Battalion Infantry, N. G. P., Major T. T. 
Brazer. 



38 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

THE PARADE.— Continued. 

Gray Invincibles Battalion Infantry, Major A. F. Stevens, Jr. 
Battery D, N. G. P., Captain C. J. Carpenter. 
Second Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, N. G. P., Cap- 
tain F. E. Schermerhorn. 

THIRD DIVISION. 

Colonel Joseph R. C. Ward, commanding. 

•Battalion Pennsylvania . Military College Cadets, Colonel 
Charles E. Hyatt. 

Battalion Girard College Cadets, Major G. D. Rise. 
Charles D. Cooper Battalion, Major George F. Bishop. 

FOURTH DIVISION. 

Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Pennsylvania. 

This Division was composed of about one thousand old 
soldiers who had served in the various corps and divisions of 
General U. S. Grant's armies, and was commanded by Depart- 
ment Commander William J. Patterson and Staff, Assistant Quar- 
termaster-General Joseph R. Craig acting Adjutant-General. 

The posts in line were : 

George G. Meade Post No. i, Post Commander C. Irvine 
Wright. 

Post No. 2, Post Commander Fred. H. Henry. 

Gen. U. S. Grant Post No. 5, Post Commander Samuel J. 
McMillan. 

Ellis Post No. 6, Post Commander Michael Lawn. 

Gen. E. D. Baker Post No. 8, Post Commander Wm. H. 
R. Neel. 

Lieut. J. T. Greble Post No. 10, Post Commander Z. T. 
Moore. 

Col. Ulric Dahlgren Post No. 14, Post Commander Frank 
Cassiday. 

Col. W. L. Curry Post No. 18, Post Commander Jos. P. 
Barger. 



FAIRMOLNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 39 

THE PARADE.— Continued. 

Col. Fred. Taylor Post No. 19, Post Commander Geo. T. 
R. Knorr. 

John W. Jackson Post No. 27, Post Commander Kdward 

F. Harris. 

"Cavalry" Post No. 35, Post Commander George C. Piatt. 

Col. Gus. W. Town Post No. 46, Post Commander Geo, 
J. Schwartz. 

Capt. Philip R. Schuyler Post No. 51, Post Commander 
L. C. Krisher. 

Gen. Phil. Kearney Post No. 55, Post Commander Albert 
J. Johnson. 

Gen. D. B. Birney Post No. 63, Post Commander John C. 
Weaver. 

Gen. T. C. Devin Post No. 363, Post Commander Thos. 

G. Hall. 

"The Naval" Post No. 400, Post Commander Michael 
Ouigley. 

Also representatives of Posts Nos. 80, 228, 275, and 312, 
and Posts Nos. 5 and 37 of Camden, N. J. 

The Veterans of the G. A. R. formed on the Schuylkill 
River Drive, right resting on Girard Avenue, facing west, and 
fell in with the main column at Girard Avenue Bridge. The 
New Jersey Posts held the right of the division, and they were 
followed by the Pennsylvania Posts in numerical order. The 
regulation uniform was worn, and their appearance made more 
impressive by the display of the battle-torn flags that had been 
carried through the War for the Union. 

The main column was formed on Broad Street, right resting 
on Spruce Street, at 2.30 p.m., marching north on Broad Street, 
west on Spring Garden Street, and thence by the East Park 
River Drive to the Statue, passing in review before the Presi- 
dent of the United States. 



40 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

THE PARADE.— Continued. 

The First Division reported 650 officers and men. 
The .Second Division reported 3990 officers and men. 
The Third Division reported 1 255 officers and men. 
The Fourth Division reported 1450 officers and men. 

Total, . . . 7345 officers and men. 

Many excellent bands of music in the line of march added 
brilliancy to the occasion, and a specially selected corps of 
musicians, placed near the official stand, performed at short 
intervals throughout the afternoon. 

Upon the close of the review, the President and party were 
driven back to the Hotel Bellevue. The President was escorted 
by the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry. 

At the conclusion of the unveiling ceremonies, Mrs. 
McKinley, Mrs. Grant, and the other guests of the Association, 
accompanied by the Women's Reception Committee, returned to 
the hotel, and at 6.30 o'clock p.m. were entertained at dinner by 
Mrs. Joshua Lippincott, at her residence, Broad and Walnut Sts. 
The dinner was served in the large drawing-room, facing on 
Broad Street. The table decorations were white roses, orchids, 
and lilies of the valley, and the service was of silver and gold. 

Miss Rosemary Sartoris was the guest of honor at a dinner 
given by Mr. George Lieb Harrison, Jr., at his home, 161 8 
Locust Street. 

THE DINNER AT THE UNION LEAGUE. 

John H. Converse, President of the Fairmount Park Art 
Association, desiring to have the privilege of personally enter- 
taining President McKinley at dinner, extended an invitation to 
him, the members of his party, and distinguished guests. Mr. 
Converse's invitation included the Directors of the Union League 
as well as the Board of Trustees and the Committees on Grant 
Memorial, Fairmount Park Art Association. 






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THE DINNER AT THE UNION LEAGUE.— Continued. 



LIST OF GUESTS. 
The President of the United .States, 



Hon. Samuel H. Ashbridge, 
Mayor of Philadelphia, 

W'm. L. Austin, 

Joel ]. Baily, 

James M. Beck, 

Lewis E. Beitler, 

Colonel S. Bonaffon, Jr., 

Brig.-Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, In- 
spector-General, U. S. A., 

George Burnham, Jr., 

Charles M. Burns, 

James Butterworth, 

J. Albert Caldwell, 

Hampton L. Carson, 

Rear- Admiral .S.W. Casey, U. S. N. 

Alexander J. Cassatt, 

Theophilus P. Chandler, 

Captain Charles E. Clark, U. S. S. 
" Oregon," 

Clarence H. Clark, 

Isaac H. Clothier, 

Clarkson Clothier, 

Captain J. B. Coghlan, L^. .S. S. 
" Raleigh," 

Charles J. Cohen, 

Colonel Charles A. Converse, 

John H. Converse, 

Joel Cook, 

George B. Cortelyou, 

Charles H. Cramp, 

Henry W. Cramp, 

Colonel T. DeWitt Cuyler, 

Charles E. Dana, 

Joseph G. Darlington, 

Henry C. Davis, 

Frank Miles Day, 

Captain Thomas J. Dolan, 

Thomas Dolan, 



Colonel William L. Elkins, 

Theodore N. Ely, 

Charles S. Forsyth, 

Henry K. Fo.x, 

Daniel Chester French, 

Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary 

of the Treasury. 
Henry E. Garsed, 
William H. Gaw, 
Major J. Campbell Gilmore, 
Brigadier-General Frederick D. 

Grant, U. S. V., 
Hon. John William Griggs, 

Attorney-General, 
Clement A. Griscom, 
Henrj' S. Grove, 
Charles C. Harrison, LL.D., 
Alfred C. Harrison, 
Wencel Hartman, 
Charles W. Henr>', 
William P. Henszey, 
A. G. Hetherington, 
Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, 

Secretary of the Interior, 
Captain James Hogan, 
William S. Hallowell, 
Colonel Charies H. Howell, 
George R. Howell, 
Alba B. Johnson, 
Wm. W. Justice, 
General James W. Latta, 
Hon. John Davis Long, Secretary 

of the Navy, 
J. Dundas Lippincott, 
John C. Lowry, 
James MacAlister, LL.D., 
John H. Michener, 
James L. Miles, 



42 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



THE DINNER AT THE UNION LEAGUE.— Continued. 



Major-General Nelson A. Miles, 

U. S. A., 
Leslie W. Miller, 
Archibald R. Montgomer)-, 
Alfred Fitler Moore, 
John T. Morris, 
Colonel John P. Nicholson, 
Lincoln K. Passmore, 
Thomas David Pearce, 
Brig.-General Theo. S. Peck, 
Lieut. -Commander T. S. Phelps, 

U. S. S. "Raleigh," 
George G. Pierie, 
Colonel John Biddle Porter, 
Edward C. Potter, 
Hon. William Potter, 
Captain Wm. S. Poulterer, 
Charles E. Pugh, 
Max Riebenack, 
Dr. P. M. Rixey, 
Henry M. Rolin, 
Joseph G. Rosengarten, 
Captain Algernon Sartoris, U. S. V. , 
Captain S. S. Sa.xton, U. S. V., 
Brigadier-General John W. .Schall, 

N. G. P., 
Theo. C. Search, 
Jacob J. Seeds, 
David W. Sellers, 

Lieutenant Alexander Sliarp, U.S. N. , 
Edward I. Smith, 



W. Hinckle Smith, 

Maj.-Gen. George R. Snowden, 

N. G. P., 
Hon. A. Loudon Snowden, 
Lieutenant Joseph A. Steinmetz, 
Hon. Wm. S. Stokley, 
E. T. Stotesbury, 
Justus C. Strawbridge, 
Hon. Edwin S. Stuart, 
Hon. Samuel Gustine Thompson, 
John C. Trautwine, Jr., 
Rev. H. Clay Trumbull, 
William R. Tucker, 
Major Charles S. Turnbull, 
Louis C. Vanuxem, 
Samuel M. Vauclain, 
General Louis Wagner, 
Hon. John Wanamaker, 
E. Burgess Warren, 
Hon. Charles F. Warwick, 
George S. Webster, 
Harry F. West, 
C. N. Weygandt, 
Rt. Rev. 6; W. Whitaker, D.D., 

Bishop of Pennsylvania, 
W. Beaumont Whitney, 
P. A. B. Widener, 
Colonel Theo. E. Wiederslieim, 
John E. Wilkie, 
Talcott Williams, LL.D., 
James H. Windrim. 



At 6 o'clock P.M. the guests met in the reception-room of 
the Union League, and, being joined shortly afterwards by Presi- 
dent McKinley, escorted by Mr. Converse, proceeded to the 
banquet-room, which was handsomely decorated with flowers 
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THE DINNER AT THE UNION LEAGUK.-Continued. 

THE MENU. 

Each guest was presented with a soiivenn- richly decorated 
in gold and color, and with a full-length portrait of General 
Grant as he appeared in the Virginia campaign ; on the 
reverse, a well executed vignette, in color, of the famous log 
cabin used as Headquarters, City Point, James River, Virginia, 
1864, and now located in Fairmount Park. 

At the conclusion of the dinner, Mr. Converse rose and 
paid a high tribute to the President, expressing the appreciation 
of his associates of tlie honor of the President's presence. 

In reply the President spoke in flattering terms of Phila- 
delphia, and of the hospitality he had always found in that city. 
He declared that in the eyes of other nations Philadelphia occu- 
pied a more prominent place in the commercial world than its 
citizens were apt to think, and he gracefully complimented Mr. 
Converse on the expansion of trade of prominent Philadelphia 
industries. The President stated that he was specially glad to be 
in Philadelphia to join with its people in honoring the great 
warrior who saved the American Union. The President said, 
" If we shall always be loyal to his memory, we will always be 
faithful to the Union." Of the Army and Navy he said he had 
no need to speak, as they had acted for themselves, and he 
proposed the toast ' ' The Army and Na\-y. ' ' 

General Frederick D. Grant responded in suitable terms 
for the Army, and Secretary Long spoke for the Navy, in part 
as follows : 

" Philadelphia is in many respects one of the most wonder- 
ful cities in the country, for it seems not only to have in itself 
almost unlimited powers of entertainment, but it has the happy 
faculty of securing many forms of entertainment from outside 
sources. It is not necessary for me to speak of the Navy, for 
the Navy not only speaks, but fights for itself. Its record is 
written on the pages of history in golden letters that will live 
forever." 



44 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 

At 8 o'clock, President McKinley, accompanied by Mr. 
Converse and his guests, proceeded from the Union League to 
the Academy of Music, escorted by the Veteran Corps, First 
Regiment Infantry, N.G. P. , Colonel Theodore E. Wiedersheim 
commanding. 

THE VETERAN CORPS. 

Colonel Theo. E. Wiedersheim, Commander. 

Colonel R. Dale Benson, Senior Vice-Commander. 

Colonel Sylvester Bonaffon, Jr., Junior Vice-Commander. 

Major J. Campbell Gilmore, Adjutant. 

Captain C. Stuart Patterson, Quartermaster. 

Captain William S. Poulterer, Commissary. 

Captain James Hogan, Paymaster. 

Major Charles S. Turnbull, Surgeon. 

Major J. Wilks O'Neill, Assistant Surgeon. 

Captain Thomas C. Potter, Assistant Surgeon. 

Commandants of Companies, R. C. Ballinger, Pearson S. 
Conrad, A. C. Rockhill, George Eiler, Jr. , William D. Bennage, 
J. Rex Allen. 

Ex-Commanders, General James W. Latta, Colonel William 
W. Allen, Colonel John A. Wiedersheim. 

Attwood, W. J. Cariile, H. C. 

Abbey, '^ . B. Crans, W. H. 

Allen, John. Carr, Geo. W. 

Baker, H. H. Crump, H. J. 

Banister, E. H. Collins, Thos. 

Bonnin, H. C. Crap, Geo. S. 

Bonsall, W. M. Clinton, L. A. 

Blynn, Harrj-. Carr, Geo. Wentworth. 

Binns, J. George. Cressvvell, M., Jr. 

Bush, L. J. Claxton, H. N. 

Brown, B. H. Coyle, C. A. 

Coppuck, M. M. Dovey, John S. 

Claghorn, C. E., Jr. Draper, Horace. 

Catanach, J. S. Davison, A. Y. 



FAIRMOVNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



45 



AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 
Veteran Corps. — Conlimied. 



Duniont, Geo. W. 
Est6, Charles. 
Ewing, I. P. 
Elder, W. R. 
Evans, Sam' I T. 
Flake, G. T. 
Frislimuth, B. 
Faust, H. {;. 
Farrady, VV. H. 
Gratz, L. C. 
Gibbon, C. S. 
Groff, H. H. 
Harbour, J. C. 
Hecknian, F. D. 
Hendrj-, P. A. 
Hirons, W. F. 
Homer, W. P. 
Harkness, F. E. 
Heston, Herbert. 
Hartzell, O. M. 
Ickler, H. 
Killen, C. M. N. 
Kern, W. R. 
Kercher, W. E. 
Keyser, A. D. 
List, W. H. 
Leighton, Walter. 
Lockrey, Chas. 
Lees, A. E. 
Lippincott, F. W. 
Muldoon, Jas., Captain. 
Magill, K. W. 
Mickle, J. W. 
Moore, A. 
Maize, E. R. 
McConnell, James. 
McCombs, William, M.D. 
McElmell, Jos. 
Morehead, G. K. 
Margerum, W. L. 



McCandless, Jas. A. 
Mershon, A. H. 
Marshall, Leander. 
McGlinchey, C. F. 
Norman, E. E. 
Naylor, Morris. 
Nuss, Henrj-. 
Ott, A. W. 
Pegley, W. 
Price, R. W. 
Parsons, A. R. 
Pearson, Geo. W. 
Patterson, William H. 
Phillips, Geo. E. 
Payne, Geo. F. 
Raiguel, H. R., Jr. 
Rolin, H. M. 
Ruby, H. J. 
Root, J. M. 
Root, Geo. F. 
Rowand, N. J. 
Rivard, E. V. 
Robb, Wm. 
Smith, Wm. B. 
Scravendyke, J. F. 
Siebeling, H. 
Sutter, W. H. 
Supplee, E. M. 
Sauers, Geo. H. 
Smith, E. M. 
Small, Geo. C. 
Schwacke, Ernest, 
Scott, Sam'l C. 
Stork, W. J. 
Stewart, John A. 
Toy, H. D. 
Tyler, VV. R. 
Thompson, W. E., Jr. 
Troth, E. H. 
Torr, Walter E. 



46 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

Veteran Corps. — Continued. 

Townsend, Henry L. Welsh, T. S. 

Tathani, ]as. Woehr, Chas., Jr. 

Van Pelt, ]. K. T., M.D., Watch, A. F, 

Voigt, Thos. Ward, Jos. R. C, Colonel. 

Watt, Geo. W. Whiteside, F. R. 

Wiedersheim, W. A., Major. Wasserman, E. A. 

Wiley, John H. Whelen, K. G. 

Watson, J. P. Winter, R. C. 

Warren, ]. W. Walsh, Jas. 

Whiley, R. A. Young, Jas. C. 



A fitting conclusion to the ceremonies incident to the un- 
veiling of the statue of General Grant in Fairmount Park were 
the exercises at the Academy of Music, when the building was 
filled to its utmost capacity. 

At 8 o'clock P.M. the body and balconies of the house were 
occupied by members of the Fairmount Park Art Association 
and the subscribers to the " Grant Fund ;" in the chief bo.xes 
were seated Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. Grant, and the other dis- 
tinguished guests with the Women's Reception Committee. 

At 8.30 o'clock, President McKinley, with his Cabinet, 
Mr. Converse, and the gentlemen who had been his guests at 
dinner, entered the Academy, escorted by the Veteran Corps, 
and took seats on the stage. 

As the Nation's Executive was recognized, the thousands 
throughout the building rose and cheered, waving American 
flags ; for several minutes the ovation continued. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 47 

AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

proovamnte 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION 

Ceremonies in the 
American Academy of Music, in the City of Philadelphia 

Thursday, April 27, 1899 

8.15 P.M. 
IN CONNECTION WITH THE 

UNVEILING OF THE 
BRONZE EQUESTRIAN STATUE 

OF 

General Ulysses S. Grant 

John H. Converse, Esq. 

President Fairmount Park Art Association 

Presiding 

Music — " War Memories" First Rci^imcnl N. G. P. Band 

Prayer Chaplain 11. Clay Tnmhull, D.D. 

Music — " America" 

Oration — "The Character of Grant 

and His Place in History" . . Hamf<ton /,. Carson, Esq. 

Music 



48 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

John H. Converse, Esq. 

Ladies and Gentlemen : — I ask you to give your at- 
tention while, as is fitting, prayer is offered by the Chaplain 
who served under General Grant in the war which preserved 
our Union, the Rev. Dr. H. Clay Trumbull. 

Rev. Dr. H. Clay Trumbull. 

Almighty God, our God and Father and the God of our 
fathers, we rejoice in Thy sustaining and preserving power in all 
places of Thy dominion and over all the works of Thy creation. 

We bless Thee, O Lord, for all that Thou hast been and 
that Thou art to this land of ours, and for all that we can trust 
Thee for in the present and for the future. We thank Thee 
for Thy providences, shown in the founding of this privileged 
nation ; in all its varied struggles and progress ; and in its trying 
conflicts from within and from without. We thank Thee for its 
present measure of prosperity and for its enlarged opportunities 
and responsibilities ; and we humbly pray that we may in all 
things be led of Thee, and may move or stand as Thou dost lead. 

We give Thee praise, O Lord, this evening, as we gather 
in this assemblage, for the life and services and influence of him 
whose memory we honor and would perpetuate. We thank 
Thee for what he was and for what he did ; for his great services 
to this great people, and for his loving spirit in Thy loving ser- 
vice ; for what he did to preserve the unity of our nation and 
to promote the union of our at one time estranged people. We 
beseech Thee, O Lord, that his life and labors, that his spirit 
and desires, may be as an example and an inspiration to us and 
to ours, to our children and our children's children, for genera- 
tions yet to come. 

Grant Thy special blessing, O Lord, upon the President of 
the United States. Vouchsafe to him a spirit of desire both to 
know and to do Thy holy will, and also abounding wisdom and 
courage to act fearlessly and in faith as Thy servant and repre- 
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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Contiiuiecl. 

The Prayer.— Continued. 

Bless Thou those who are with him in counsel and in action. 
Bless those who legislate for our national welfare. Bless those 
who interpret and those who administer our laws. Bless those 
who command and who serve in our Army and our Navy. Bless 
our representatives in other lands. Bless all who are in and who 
are under authority, in our land and in other lands, and may 
these all be consciously and gladly under Thy loving rule. 

Hasten, O Lord, the glad day when nations shall no more 
learn or desire war ; when peace, universal peace, a peace 
approved of Thee, shall prevail in our land and in all lands, 
from sea to sea, and from pole to pole ; when all shall be enrolled 
under the one banner of Thy Son, the Prince of Peace, in the 
one service of Thee, as God of gods and Lord of lords, blessed 
forevermore. Amen and Amen. 

J(.)H\ H. Converse. 

The audience will please rise and sing the first and last 
verses of the hymn " America," as noted on the programme. 

The audience arose, and with one accord, led by the band, 
sang ' ' America, ' ' President McKinley heartily joining. 

John H. Converse. 

It is unnecessary for me to introduce to a Philadelphia audi- 
ence him who is to favor us to-night with an estimate of the 
character and the life of the great general whose memory we 
have endeavored to honor to-day by the statue which has been 
unveiled in your sight. I congratulate the audience that they 
will now have the opportunity of listening to an oration on 
General Grant by Hampton L. Carson, Esq. 



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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 
THE CHARACTER OF GRANT AND HIS PLACE IN HISTORY : 

ORATION BY HAMPTOX L. CARSON, ESQ. 

Mr. President and Fellow-Citizens : — We have as- 
sembled to-night upon the invitation of the Fairmount Park Art 
Association to pay a tribute of respect to one who more than 
thirty years ago had ' ' done the State some service. ' ' We stand 
witliin the circle of radiance reflected from the name of Ulysses 
S. Grant (applause), a name which will live as long as the flag 
around which his fighting legions rallied shall brighten the skies 
of the Republic. (Applause.) Our minds are stirred by the 
memories of historic deeds, and our hearts are uplifted in grati- 
tude. 

A few hours ago, in the presence of the President of the 
United States and a distinguished company of the State oi^cials 
and of the civic authorities, and in the presence of that vener- 
ated and venerable woman who for eight years upheld the 
honors of the White House (applause), there was unveiled upon 
the banks of our most beautiful river an equestrian statue in 
bronze of the greatest soldier of the age. (Applause.) The 
sculptor has happily expressed the character of the man — self- 
controlled power. I have heard it commented upon by those 
comiK-tent to express an opinion, within the last half-hour. The 
great general is stationed upon an eminence, intent upon the 
operations of distant forces. There is no brandishing of a sword, 
no spasm of the nerves, no pointing to the pyramids, no sum- 
moning the centuries to witness. Everything indicates the 
possession of mind controlling matter. It is the energy and 
the sublimity of power in repose. The eye is alert, the body 
motionless, while the horse is obedient to the will of his rider. 
The sculptor has expressed something of the sphinx-like char- 
acter of the uncommunicative, indomitable, courageous leader 
who never knew defeat. (Applause. ) 

The accomplished officers of the Fairmount Park Art 
Association have pursued the intelligent and public-s|iirited 




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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 
The Oration. — Continued. 

plan of placinL;' in the great pleasure-ground of the people 
statues whicli will teach the lessons of patriotism, and in the 
name of mighty memories and of all that is holy in the past, 
invoke whatever remains of good in nun to the maintenance of 
justice, of liberty, and of order. It is titting that the monu- 
ments of Washington and Lincoln should be followed by that 
of Grant. (Applause.) They are the three greatest names in 
our history ; their careers are closely allied ; they created and 
pi'eserved our liberty. Let us, then, congratulate our hosts of 
this evening upon the successful execution of a thuught beau- 
tiful, wise, and patriotic. (Applause.) 

Philadelphia has always been remarkable for her de\'Otion 
to the name and fame of Grant. It was here, in this city alone 
of all the cities in the Union, that a house was presented to him 
in recognition of his services to the State. It was here on this 
very platform, and in this very hall, that he was nominated for a 
second term as President of the United States. (Applause.) 
It was from our midst that he started forth on his journey 
around the globe ; it was to us that he returned ; and the gloom 
of his dying hours was brightened by his restoration to the com- 
mand of the Army upon the passage of the bill introduced into 
the Senate by one who is now one of our most distinguished 
citizens, and which was supported in the House by the inde- 
fatigable labors of a Philadelphia Congressman, who was the 
most accomplished parliamentarian of his day. (Applause.) 
How fitting, then, that we should have here in our midst a 
monument to his memory ! 

What was the secret of this man's power? What was his 
character? I confess that, having studied the biographies of 
many great men, I can find no two careers which run on parallel 
lines with his. In some respects the life of General Grant was 
unique — a wondrous romance, woven of the rarest circumstances 
and most miraculous incidents. His ancestry, while possibly 
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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

The Oration. — Continued. 

American. His great-grandfather fought in the French and 
Indian Wars, and was killed at Crown Point. His grand- 
father stood on the green at Lexington, and fell in the trenches 
at Yorktown. His father, from whom he inherited his aggres- 
sive energy, worked, when a lad, by the side of John Brown 
of Ossawatomie. His mother, from whom he drew his stoi- 
cism, his sturdiness, and his strength, a woman who rarely 
smiled and never shed a tear, was born in the White Marsh 
Valley, ten miles from Philadelphia. (Applause.) It was a 
sturdy, plain, simple, unpretending stock, with no poetry, no 
art, no color, no music in its strands, but possessed of probity 
and of power. At school he learned little, but at thirteen years 
of age he was a reticent, self-reliant boy, capable of driving a 
team for six miles entirely alone, of loading heavy logs by his 
own mechanical ingenuity, solving mathematical problems, and 
breaking colts to harness ; a boy who never quarrelled, who 
never fought, who never swore, who never lied, but who could 
cow a rowdy by his eye. At seventeen, by some happy acci- 
dent, he found his way as a cadet to West Point, on the nomina- 
tion of the Hon'. Thomas H. Hamer, of Ohio. A remarkable 
circumstance in connection with his origin, after a transmigration 
of his ancestors from Connecticut into Pennsylvania, and from 
Pennsylvania into the West, was that on the twenty-seventh 
day of April, 1S22, Ulysses S. Grant was born upon the soil 
so fruitful in the production of great men and of respected 
Presidents — the State of Ohio. (Great and prolonged ap- 
plause. ) 

He graduated from West Point twenty-one in a class of 
thirty-nine, a little below the average of his class, but making 
for himself a creditable mark in engineering and mathematics, 
and winning renown by his daring horsemanship. At twenty- 
two, a second lieutenant in the Me.xican War, learning valuable 
lessons from two great military chiefs — -from Zachary Taj'lor 
the lesson of coolness under fire, from Winfield Scott the 



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The Oration.— Continued. 

value of rigid discipline. He was engaged in every battle of 
the Mexican War from Palo Alto to the fall of the City of 
Mexico, with the single exception of Bucna \'ista. He rode 
like a Comanche Indian amid a storm of bullets through the 
streets of Monterey ; he led a gallant charge upon the batteries 
of Chapultepec ; he planted a cannon in the belfry of a church 
in Molino del Rey, with a military eye quickly perceiving the 
advantages of the situation, and annoying the enemy by the 
skill and pertinacity with which he served his gun. He then 
acted as regimental quartermaster, thereby acquiring a knowl- 
edge of useful detail. Drooping in the wilderness, "where 
rolled the Oregon, and heard no sound save its own dashings," 
wearily waiting promotion in that far distant land ; resigning 
from the army in disgust ; selling wood by the cord in the 
streets of St. Louis ; a bill collector, an auctioneer, and a real 
estate agent ; an unsuccessful competitor for the office of 
county engineer ; volunteering to become a teamster to carry 
quartermasters' supplies to New Mexico ; entering into busi- 
ness in the little town of Galena — the leather business — with 
his father and brothers in May, i860 ; having lived in a home 
built by his own hands and having been known by the harsh 
term of "Hard-scrabble," — does it not all seem like the 
marvellous story of Epaminondas doomed to sweep the streets 
of Thebes ? Who could have foreseen or would have believed 
that a man thus situated, without money, without influence, 
without friends, with no experience in public life, and with 
none of the arts of the politician, would in four years be the 
man who was to prove the military savior of the Union, and 
in nine years was to become the President of these United 
States ? (Great applause. ) 

Carlyle has somewhere said, " Is not every genius an im- 
possibility until he actually appears ?' ' As Beecher has pointed 
out ; " Gold cannot discover itself in the hills ; it must be sought 
and dug for. ' ' While General Grant had not the opportunity 



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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

The Oration. — Continued. 

of creating circumstances, yet when circimistances came in his 
way he made the most of them. 

I am no soldier. I was but a boy at the time when the 
flag on Sumter was fired on, and therefore I have had neither 
the privilege nor the opportimity which these war-scarred vet- 
erans have enjoyed of knowing their great leader in the field. 
I have had no military education, and therefore can not dwell 
with scientific precision upon the features of his generalship, 
but I will give you in a simple fashion, after the manner of a 
student of history, some of those striking characteristics which 
it appears to me will live forever as the lineaments in a great 
face upon which ages to come will never cease to gaze with 
reverence. ( Applause. ) It is a history of ascension and ex- 
pansion. This man, who had resigned from the army, wrote a 
letter and tendered his services to the government in order that 
he might enter the field in command of a regiment, and that letter 
was so little heeded that not until recently was it known where 
or how it was to be found. Assisting Governor Yates, of Illinois, 
in the mustering in of companies and regiments ; taking com- 
mand of that great regiment — the Twenty-first Illinois — which 
wrote its name in letters of living light upon the pages of his- 
tory ; finally, when in command, — the senior officer, — and with 
a military eye which indicated his sagacity, seizing the town of 
Paducah, and thereby holding the State of Kentucky in the 
Union. This was his first achievement. And what was Jiis 
proclamation ? A State paper worthy to be quoted by statesmen 
for years to come : " I come among you as a friend, and not as 
an enemy. With opinions I have nothing whatever to do. I 
shall deal only with armed treason !' ' Those were the first bugle 
notes which he sounded, and they were not uncertain. His plan 
at once expanded, in order that he might save to the States 
which were in jeopardy that great border-land which ran along 
the waters of the Cumberland and the Tennessee. He planned 
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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 
The Oration.— Continued. 

but like a hound strainiui;- at the leash, he was held back by his 
superior until persuaded of the importance of the movement. 
He gradually moved forward, with the assistance of Commo- 
dore Foote, upon the waters of the Cumberland, and captured 
Fort Henry. Then he charged upon defiant lines with heroic 
onslaught which indicated that at last the opportunity and the 
man had met. When terms were asked for, he declared : " No 
terms, save those of unconditional and immediate surrender ! 
(Great applause.) I propose to move immediately upon your 
works !" Thus Donelson went into history as one of the great 
conflicts fought for the preservation of human rights, and the 
maintenance of human liberty. From Donelson to a higher field 
and broader territory he rose to a more important command. 
Upon the hotly contested field of .Shiloh it was his act on the 
second day to wring victory from apparent defeat and roll back 
those squadrons which had vainly thought that they could defeat 
a Union army ! From Shiloh to Vicksburg he threw his mighty 
columns in such way as to violate all the known rules of war, 
against the advice even of his trusted lieutenant, Sherman ; 
cutting loose from his base of supplies, and ordering the gun- 
boats to run the batteries with a mass of men to the south of 
Vicksburg ; and then, with heroic resolution, he jnished out to 
meet Joe Johnston, who quickly recoiled ; and then skilfully 
turning, drove back those hordes of Pemberton and locked them 
in with the keys of trench and mine, who on the fourth day of 
July, 1863, surrendered into his hands the whole territory which 
he commanded — the Father of Waters which divides our Re- 
public running unvexed by a single rebel flag to the sea. (Great 
applause. ) Higher and still higher did he climb. The President 
of the United States, tortured in his mind by a crowd of un- 
sympathetic, unappreciative men who desired to displace Grant, 
was actuallv induced to suspend him from the service for a time, 
and emissaries were sent to the White House in order that he 
might be relieved from the command of his army. But the 



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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

The Oration. — Continued. 

great-souled President, with wan cheeks and sad eyes, seeing- 
into the heart of things as no other man could see, said: " I can 
not spare this man — he fights!" ( Great applause. ) Then was 
he called to a still wider field, in order to rescue two generals and 
two great armies from destruction. You recall the fact that 
Thomas, "the rock of Chickamauga," was besieged in the city 
of Chattanooga and that Burnside was shut up at Knoxville ; 
their communications cut off, their supplies running low; but 
the conqueror of Vicksburg appeared on the scene and lo ! 
Thomas's lines of communication were opened ; Joe Hooker 
was put in charge of the right v\ing, and the gallant Phil 
Sheridan (great applause) was stationed opposite to Orchard 
Knob in the centre, with Sherman in command of the left wing. 
And then the order, "Forward!" Up, up the rocky luountain ! 
until the "battle above the clouds" was on, and boys in blue, 
as they climbed higher and still higher, carried the glorious 
stars and stripes to the very summit of the rocky ridge, the 
guns giving back the offending echo in a battle shout, until, 
sweeping down, Chattanooga was free and Burnside was saved. 
(Great applause. ) 

Then, called to the supreme command of all the armies, 
summoned to Washington to supplant Halleck, he became 
leader not simply of the army of the Potomac, — the army of 
the Cumberland, the army of the Tennessee, or the army of 
the southwestern district, — but of all the armies of the United 
States. At once the presence of a leader was felt ; at once 
plans were laid, so that all concentric circles passed through 
his mind and gathered up the scattered strands of troops, in 
order that great armies should move together and not act 
"like the horses of a balking team." Need I describe the 
movements from the Rapidan to the James ? Need I describe 
to the men who are here and who took part in the great 
conflict the horrors of those three frightful days at the Wilder- 
ness ? But no sooner had he seen thousands fall on this en- 



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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.-Continued. 

The Oration.— Continued. 

sanguined field, than the order was given, " By the left flank ! 
Forward, fonvard !' ' And the troops were moved from right to 
left, and again from right to the left, like the coil of a mighty 
cable, to strangle the monstrous heresy of secession. Tighter 
and tighter did the great soldier knot his bonds and push up 
his shotted guns, while throwing terror into the heart of the Con- 
federacy ; and tighter and still tighter he held the army of Vir- 
ginia in his grasp, while with sledge-hammer blow s he pounded 
to death rank treason on our soil. 

These were his exploits, but his traits as a soldier seem 
to me to be these : In the first place, he had that intellectual 
power which has belonged to but very few men, — the power of 
concentration, the power of forming the best plans with concen- 
tric movements, the power of controlling armies along a battle- 
line of one thousand miles in length and of nearly five hundred 
thousand men in number, and directing them in harmony with 
each other upon the central object of his desire — the army of 
his enemy. It was no city he sought to conquer : it was the 
army of his foe. And though men called hini "butcher," 
though men said he was reckless in regard to the expenditure 
of human life, he knew far better than they that war meant 
war ; that by every life that was lost in the field there were 
ten lives sa\ed from the hospital ; that it was mercy of the 
highest kind to crush his enemy by the exertion of superior 
force, so as to reduce him at the earliest possible moment to 
submission. 

No general in the world ever commanded armies so large. 
No general in the world ever controlled the movements of men 
over so vast an area at the same moment of time. No general 
in the world ever had in his keeping so sacred, so high, and 
so holy a trust. His assurance of success, his sublime com- 
posure, were spoken of by Sherman as suggesting the faith which 
the Christian has in the Saviour. He never doubted, he never 
faltered, he never feared, he never questioned the result. 



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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

The Oration. — Conliiuied. 

Composure ! Have not we all witnessed scenes of e.xcite- 
ment, when the bugle thrilled our blood, when charging squadrons 
moved in parade, when armed men on gaily caparisoned steeds 
pawed the earth ; yet, had we been on the field of battle, would 
not we have partaken of that "joy of conflict" spoken of by the 
Roman writers? But behold his composure in battle, with 
orderlies dashing here and there, bringing news of a repulse 
and of an attack ; behold a hero, an unmoved man standing 
composedly on an eminence, whittling at a stick, receiving 
communications which involved the fate of the Republic ; or 
else, as the sculptor has placed him, with a horse obedient to 
his will, silently surveying the scene and moving armies as 
though they were pieces on a chess-board. 

His magnanimity ! I think the greatest scene of all those 
long, dreary years was not the exhibition of his courage, nor yet 
of indomitable perseverance, nor even of coolness and ability, 
retaining full possession of his faculties under scenes of excite- 
ment, but when, having thrown his enemy into final extremity, 
he waved back the eager lads who were rushing forward to 
the field of battle with the ferocity of' hounds eager to be in 
at the death, declaring to gathering clouds of men, "Victory 
does not mean the murder of our brothers ; these men are our 
fellow-countrymen. Let us have peace !" (Great applause. ) 

Was there ever a soldier in the history of mankind whom war 
calmed in such a way ? Did not the great Tartar pile high pyra- 
mids of the skulls of his martyred victims ? Did not war turn 
Tilly into a raving fiend ? Did not war make Napoleon grasping 
and Scott, vain and contemptuous ? Did it not make Wellington 
officious and surly ? But from the lips of Grant the gentlest 
tones fell as he gave terms to Lee at Appomattox : ' ' Keep your 
side-arms and your horses. Your men will need them for the 
spring ploughing !" And when an excited President, infuriated 
by the thought that assassins were stalking in the land, burn- 
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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

The Oration. — Contimiecl. 

the judges in Virginia to arrest Generals Lee and Johnston and 
have them indicted for high treason, Grant stepped between 
them and death, stronger in his protection than many ram- 
parts, and said, "Mr. President, I have given my word of 
honor to these men that as long as they preserve their parole as 
gentlemen they are in no danger of indictment for high treason." 
(Applause. ) 

Marvellously magnanimous ! And when the people called 
him to be their President, when but forty-seven years of age, he 
was elevated to a position full of difficulty and trial. He dis- 
charged in that high place the most strenuous and artluous duties 
with fidelity to duty and a general success of results which, 
at this distance of time, enable us to pronounce as eminently 
satisfactory when tested by the most critical standards of his- 
tory. Do we appreciate the difficulties of that situation ? Do 
we ever stop to inquire what was the true state of aftairs at 
the close of the war? Sullenness there was on the part of 
statesmen in high places, coldness and indifference there were, 
and sharp and bitter criticism was flung down upon his head ; 
a disordered condition of the finances, a great army to be dis- 
banded, troops to be mustered out, expenses to be curtailed, 
the Southern States to be reconstructed, the Ku-Klu.\ to be 
suppressed, and then, behold ! moving steadily, but with de- 
termined march, upon the Capitol, came that vast swarm of 
locusts and caterpillars, the seekers after spoil ; all skulkers in 
the camp, absent from the field of battle, but ready to strip 
the carcasses of the dead, crowding in on Washington like 
ravenous wolves ! 

No wonder he found it necessary to put into effect that 
celebrated order which introduced system and business-like 
methods into the administrative affairs of the departments, — 
that all communications thereafter intended for the President or 
intended for the heads of the executive departments should be 
addressed to him through the subordinate officers and reach 



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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 

The Oration. — Continued. 

him through the proper channels. And so he became the 
founder of civil-service reform (applause) ; and so he also be- 
came the protector of the Indian, the first President to recog- 
nize that the wards of the nation needed our protection and 
the uplifting hand to lead them from barbarism into enlight- 
ened citizenship. Then, too, that sturdy honesty of his in 
vetoing the bill which was intended to inflate the currency. 
Repudiation was a word which could not be found in the 
dictionary of General Grant. (Applause.) Honesty and fidelity 
to the uttermost farthing in the payment of debts and the pay- 
ment of those debts in the gold of the Constitution. (Ap- 
plause. ) A second time was he called to the service, a second 
time was he entrusted with the authority and the responsibility 
of this exalted office ; and though in a wild career of official 
carnage, when whiskey rings cast gloom and disgrace on our 
public life, the strongest light that could be turned on the ad- 
ministration of the President, the most intense desire on the 
part of his enemies to fasten upon him some charge of official 
corruption or wrong-doing, in spite of chicanery all about 
him, in spite of those who broke from the party and its man- 
agement in 1872, there never was traced in line or in fact one 
single act which would bring the shadow of shame upon his 
great name, but he stood before the people acquitted of partici- 
pation in the wrong-doing of his subordinates or in the machi- 
nations of Congress ! ( Applause. ) 

Looking back over the wake of two thousand years, 
to determine this man's place in the divine economy, we 
perceive that wars have their uses, their effects, their results. 
The strife that takes place between principles, between good 
and evil, is like violence in the physical world. Glaciers grind 
and melt, avalanches fall, floods descend, tempests howl, earth- 
quakes rend, the volcanoes belch destructive fires, but, lo ! 
through the scarred and riven rocks the rivers flow to bear 
their rich alluvia to the plains, and through these cafions the 



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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Continued. 
The Oration.— Continued. 

ladders by which men chmb to mountain to[)s arc laid, hijjh- 
ways of ci\-ilization and commerce are opened, thronj;cd with 
the sons of toil carrying the school-house, the Bible, and the 
Constitution of the United States, and planting them upon emi- 
nence after eminence, in order to lift society up from savagery 
to Christian liberty, and make of this earth a veritable paradise 
of God. (Applause.) 

And so it is in the mora! world — when rapine and ambition, 
when the wolfish thirst for spoil, when trade in the blood of in- 
nocence which pleads expediency as excuse — when all these 
clutch with savage hands at truth, at honesty, at hmnanity, and 
justice — then comes War ! On the banks of the Metaurus and 
on the field of Zama there was a strife the event of which in- 
volved the fate of two races of mankind — the question whether 
supremacy should belong to the Indo-Germanic or to the 
Semitic race ; whether the Greek, the Roman, and the German 
should prevail over the Phoenician, the Carthaginian, and the 
Arab. On the plains of Chalons, wdien /Etius won his victory 
over the unbridled Hun, it was a question whether the German 
and Gothic chiefs should admit into these states, which were to 
become the free commonwealths of Europe, the broken frag- 
ments of Roman power or whether a classic civilization should 
be completely destroyed by hordes of savages from Asian wilds. 
By the battle-axe of Charles Martel, Christendom was saved from 
all-devouring Islam on that dreadful day when Christian and 
Infidel fought like wild boars of the forest contending for the 
fountain among the rocks, at which each burned to quench his 
thirst. At Blenheim there was a decisive blow that struck at 
the policy and power constructed by Louis XIV. At Hastings 
Norman contended with Sa.\on, and from the mingling of their 
hostile bloods sprang English liberty and English speech. By 
the destruction of the Spanish Armada and by the relief of starv- 
ing Leyden there was put an end forever to the atrocities 
of Aha and the unutterable cruelties of Torquemada. On the 



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The Oration. — Continued. 

plains of Abraham, through the death of Wolfe, this continent 
was saved to the Anglo-Saxon. From Lexington to Yorktown 
the conquering race was purged of the poison in its blood, and 
in the fierce, fiery furnace of our Civil War the chains which 
shackled the splendid limbs of our republic were melted like 
wax and the souls of men were made white in the glorious 
faith of the brotherhood of men and the indestructibility of 
the American Union. (Great applause.) 

This is the place of Ulysses S. Grant : (Great applause.) 
An instrument in the hands of Providence for the accomplish- 
ment of a moral purpose. And this should be his epitaph : 

' ' The military preserver of the union of these States ; the 
generous victor, uniting in his character the fiercest and the 
gendest traits ; the patriot-soldier, who, in the midst of blood, 
exclaimed, 'Let us have peace!' the ruler of a reunited country; 
the founder of civil-service reform ; the protector of the Indian ; 
the unflinching foe of repudiation ; the man without guile, whose 
honesty and simplicity shine like stars ; the American citizen 
whom the old world rejoiced to honor ; the successor of Wash- 
ington ; the right arm of Abraham Lincoln !" (Tremendous 
applause and cheering. ) 

John H. Converse, Esq. 

After that most eloquent tribute which Mr. Carson has given 
us as to the character of General Grant, I know that it will be 
a pleasure to this audience to make the acquaintance in some 
measure of those two eminent artists to whom Philadelphia and 
the world are indebted for the magnificent statue which it has 
been our privilege to unveil to-day. I therefore beg to intro- 
duce to you Messrs. French and Potter, the sculptors of the 
bronze of General Ulysses S. Grant. Ladies and gentleman, I 
have the honor to introduce to you Mr. Daniel Chester French ; 
I have also the pleasure of presenting Mr. Edward C. Potter. 



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AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Contimied. 

presentation of general frederick d. grant. 

John H. Converse, Esq. 

We have been signally favored to-day in liavins; the presence 
not only of !Mrs. Grant and members of her family, but of General 
Grant — General P'rederick D. Grant — with us, and I now have 
the pleasure of presenting to this audience General Frederick 
Dent Grant. 



After repeated and enthusiastic calls the PrcsidLiit rose and 
spoke as follows : 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 
WILLIAM McKINLEY. 

Mv Fei.i,o\v-Citizf.xs : — I cannot add a single word to the 
just and beautiful tribute paid to the great warrior by your fellow- 
citizen in this presence to-night. 

I remember a half-dozen years ago to have been in the city 
of Galena, delivering an address at the unveiling of a statue to 
General Grant in that little home city in Illinois, and this story 
was told to me : that General Grant, then a captain, and out of the 
service, presided over the first Union meeting, in 1.S61, in that 
city, — the first meeting for the call of volunteers. The meeting 
was a large one, held in the old court-house, and inciuiries were 
made all over the room who it was that was thus calk-d to preside 
over that important meeting. Some one said, " It is Captain 
Grant." "Well, who is Captain Grant? We ne\'er heard of 
him." In three years — four years from that time — he presided 
over the greatest Union meeting ever held, beneath the flag at 
Appomattox Court-House, and the whole world knew who 
Captain Grant was. (Applause. ) 

He filletl the whole world with his fame as he journeyed in 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Address of President McKinley.— Continued. 

the pathway of the sun. He was a great soldier. Lincohi 
issued the Proclamation of Emancipation, but it took the guns 
of Grant to give life to that decree. (Applause.) He will be 
remembered for all time, and should be remembered for all time, 
as the soldier who preserved the Union of the States. 

The last time that the public looked upon his face in life 
was on the occasion of a parade of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, in the City of New York, only a little while before 
General Grant's death, and, against the protests of his friends 
and of his physicians, he appeared at the window of his house to 
look for the last time upon his comrades of the Grand Army of 
the Republic. (Applause. ) He not only achieved great victo- 
ries in war and great administrative triumphs in peace, but he 
was permitted to do what few men have been permitted to do, — 
to live long enough to write with his own pen the history 
he had made in command of the armies of the United States. 
(Applause.) And what a history it is ! It should be read by 
all the boys and girls of the land, for it tells in its chaste and 
simple and honest, but most forceful way, the achievements 
of the Army of the United States. And when he had finished 
that work, he laid down his pen and, like a good soldier, said to 
his Master : " Now, let Thy will be done ; not mine." 

He hath gone, who seemed so great ! 

But nothing can bereave him 

Of the force he made his own, being here ; 

And we know he is far advanced in state. 

And wears a truer crown 

Than any man can weave him. 



He brought the flag of our country back without a single 
star erased ; and it would gratify his soul to know that the Union 
which he saved by his sword, and the peace for which he prayed 
in his last moments, are here, and that — 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 65 



ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Address of President McKiiile>'. — Continued. 

North and South, now together brought, 
Own the same electric thought, 

And in peace a common flag salute ! 

And with free and unresentful rivalry, 
Harvest the fields whereon tliey fought. 

(Great applause. ) 

It is stratifying to us to know, as lovers of the great warrior, 
it is gratifying to us to know that the men against whom we 
fought in that great civil struggle, and their descendants, carried 
with the boys of the North the glorious banner of the free at 
Santiago and El Caney (cheers and great applause) ; and that 
they have a Union to-day stronger and grander than ever 
before, for it is a union of hearts, North and .South, a union in- 
dissoluble, and a union never to be broken. (Great applause.) 
And it is gratifying to us to know that the flag which Grant and 
his mighty army made glorious has lost none of its glory as it 
has been carried by the Army and Navy of the United States on 
shore and on land, in two hemispheres. (Great and prolonged 
cheers and applause. ) So long as we perpetuate in the heart 
the memory of Grant, so long will this nation be safe and secure. 
Good-night. (Great and prolonged applause.) 



66 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH.* [A Biography.] 

Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, New Hamp- 
shire, in 1850. When he was ten years of age the family re- 
moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts. After some years of resi- 
dence there they went to Amherst, and finally, in 1867, setded 
in Concord, where the family homestead still remains. These 
homes in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, these historic, 
educational, and literary centres, left their impress upon a family 
of large natural gifts, with refined tastes and great intelligence. 

Mr. French's paternal grandfather, Daniel French, was 
Attorney-General of New Hampshire, and his maternal grand- 
father, William M. Richardson, Chief Justice of the same State. 
His grandmother, Sarah Flagg French, was a connection of 
Daniel Webster, while his great-grandmother, Dorothy Whittier, 
was related to the poet Whittier. 

When Mr. French was six years old, his mother, Anne 
Richardson French, died, leaving four children, two daughters 
and two sons, the younger the subject of this sketch, and the 
elder, W. M. R. French, the able and efficient director of the 
Art Institute in Chicago. 

The sculptural tendencies of Daniel did not begin to show 
themselves until after the family had settled in Concord, where 
his most pronounced proclivity was for the study of birds, a taste 
which has since served him well in the delineation of angels' 
wings in his notable productions. 

After a year of study in the Institute of Technology in 
Boston, and a period of work on his father's farm, Mr. French 
found his true avocation. When eighteen years of age, coming 
from his room one day with a grotesque figure of a frog in 
clothes carved from a turnip, his step-mother exclaimed, 
"Daniel, there is your career!" And from his thoughtful 
father came appreciative encouragement. 

Young French's career then chosen was entered upon with 

* Extracts from an article by H. B. Emerson, in the New England Magazine. 




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FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 67 

DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH. [A Biography.]— Continued. 

a quiet but steady enthusiasm. From May Alcott (the Amy 
of " Little Women"), then a teacher of drawing- in Boston, he 
borrowed modelling tools, and made some excellent groups of 
dogs, birds, and other animals. 

As at that time there were no schools of art in Boston, 
young French attended Dr. Rimmer's Artistic Anatomy Classes 
for some time, and when, subsequently, he visited relatives in 
Brooklyn he had the privilege of working for a month in the 
studio of J. O. A. Ward, the distinguished sculptor. 

In 1870 Mr. French visited his elder brother in Chicago, and 
while there made his first public exhibition, a bas-relief of his 
sister, which earned favorable comments from the Chicago press. 

On April 19, 1875, his first important work, "The Minute 
Man," was unveiled at Concord, on which historic occasion 
Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, and George 
William Curtis delivered addresses, and the artist's reputation be- 
came a national one. The statue occupies the spot on the 
Concord battle-field where the militia stood in 1775. After a 
year of study at Florence, Italy, with his friend Preston Powers, 
under the instruction of the American sculptor Thomas Ball 
(who made the imposing statue of Washington for the Boston 
Public Garden), he made the beautiful ideal figure of the " Sleep- 
ing Endymion," completed in 1876, and which long adorned 
the Concord studio. 

Upon his return to this country, through the influence of 
his father, Henry Flagg French, then Assistant Secretary of the 
United States Treasury, he received commissions from the Super- 
vising Architect' s Office, and for some years was largely occupied 
upon colossal ideal figures for government buildings in St. 
Louis, Philadelphia, and Boston. 

The relief of ' ' Death and the Sculptor' ' — a monument to his 
brother sculptor Martin Milmore — stands in Forest Hills Ceme- 
tery, Boston, completed in 1882, and has been likened to the 
famous Parthenon sculptures for beauty of ideal and execution. 

The bronze group of "Dr. Gallaudet" was erected in 1889, 



68 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH. [A Biography.]— Continued. 

at the Columbian Institution for Deaf Mutes, in Washington, D. C. 
In this group the instructor, Dr. Gallaudet, is seated in an arm- 
chair, with Alice Cogswell, his first pupil, standing closely by 
his side, his left arm about her. Her head is leaning upon his 
shoulder, and her face, with an eager, questioning glance, is re- 
garding his own, while she is trying to reproduce with one of her 
hands the signs made by the right hand of her teacher. The 
other hand of the beautiful child clasps an open book, with raised 
letters. Her startled look is met by an encouraging smile on 
the face of her teacher, while both their faces indicate that she 
has caught the idea of which the sign is a symbol. Mr. French's 
successful idealization in this work has probably done more than 
any other to establish his fame. 

In 1879 the bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson was executed for 
Harvard Memorial Hall, a replica of which is in the Public Library 
of Concord, as also a bust of A. Bronson Alcott in the latter 
building. The relief of "Death and the Sculptor," for which 
Mr. French received a gold medal from the Paris Salon, though 
cast in bronze, was made in New York, and is probably the only 
work of art executed in the United States upon which this medal 
has been bestowed. 

His recent work, completed in 1897, includes the statue of 
" History" and the heroic statue of " Herodotus" for the Con- 
gressional Library at Washington. In 1898 was finished a full- 
length statue of Rufus Choate, for the city of Boston ; also a 
commission for three pairs of bronze doors for the new PubHc 
Library of Boston. 

In August, 1896, there was dedicated in Boston a monument 
from Mr. French's hand to John Boyle O'Reilly, the distin- 
guished poet, journalist, orator, and patriot. This group, like 
the Milmore monument, marks an era in American monumental 
work, bringing to the front an inspiring combination of reality 
and symbolism typical of those commemorated. 

In the studio in New York may now be seen the model for 
Mr. French's monument to the architect Richard M. Hunt, in 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 69 

DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH. [A Biography.]— Continued. 

which work Mr. Bruce Price is his architectural collaborator. 
This is to be ])lace(i in the wall of Central Park, New York, on 
Fifth Avenue, facing Eighty-first Street. 

Further work to be finished in the near future includes 
fifteen statues for the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences ; 
the figure of General Cass, of Michigan, for the National Hall of 
Statuary in the Capitol at Washington ; a life-size statue of 
Thomas Starr King, for San Francisco, and a number of smaller 
pieces. 

The World's Fair at Chicago, in 1893, brought to Mr. 
French, as to others, the heroic opportunity, and his response 
was the statue of Columbus, at the Quadriga, and that of " The 
Republic," for the Court of Honor. This type of modern 
American womanhood, always individually and uniquely ren- 
dered by Mr. French, is fully realized in this majestic statue of 
"The Republic, " which stood in the rhain lagoon, facing the 
Peristyle. 

A committee of Americans has recently given Mr. P'rench a 
commission for a statue of Washington, for the city of Paris. 
This will be the first statue by an American sculptor to be placed 
in that city. 

The artistic career of Mr. French, which is allied to that of 
a noble group of artists in the East and in the West, is instruc- 
tive, and affords grounds for national as well as individual en- 
couragement. It leads to the hope that our country is devel- 
oping a school of art and artists which, while not too independent 
to learn what can be and should be learned from other nationali- 
ties, will still be originally and distinctively American. 

As noted previously, Mr. French was selected by the Com- 
mittee of the Fairmount Park Art Association, and to him was 
granted the commission to execute the bronze statue of General 
Ulysses S. Grant. 



70 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



EDWARD C. POTTER. [A Biography.] 

Edward C. Potter was born November 26, 1857, at New 
London, Connecticut, but at a very early age he moved to 
Enfield, Massachusetts, and there spent an uneventful childhood. 

At the age of seventeen he entered Williston Seminary, 
Easthampton, Massachusetts, remaining there four years, when 
he entered Amherst College, in the class of '82. 

After his college life, he began drawing at the Boston Art 
Museum, under Frederick Crowninshield and Otto Grundman, 
besides modelling a little with T. H. Bartlett. In 1886 he 
undertook sculpture seriously, studying with Daniel Chester 
French. 

A year later Mr. Potter went to Paris, and studied under 
Mercier and Fremiet. During his stay of two years there he 
exhibited at the " Salon" small groups of rabbits, the bust of a 
negro, and a sketch from an Indian group. A sleeping infant 
faun, with rabbit, which was executed at Paris, was sold to the 
Art Institute of Chicago, where it now is. 

In collaboration with Mr. French, Mr. Potter made the 
famous groups of horses and bulls for the Quadriga at the 
World's Fair, Chicago, 1893. Since that time he has made two 
lions, finials for the gate-posts at the entrance to Mr. C. P. Hunt- 
ington's residence. New York City ; also a bust of the late Vice- 
President Wheeler, for the Senate Chamber, Washington ; the 
statue of Robert Fulton, for the Congressional Library, at 
Washington, and a portrait-statue of Austin Blair, for the State of 
Michigan. Mr. Potter is now at work on the horse for the statue 
of George Washington to be presented to the city of Paris. 

In 1894 the Fairmount Park Art Association decided to 
give a commission for an equestrian statue of General Ulysses 
S. Grant, and it was awarded to Daniel C. French, who ex- 
pressed a desire to have Mr. Potter model the horse and have 
his name appear upon the plinth. This request was acceded to 
by the Board of Trustees of the Association, and the justice of 
this request has been fully realized by the result attained. 




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THE EXPENDITURE. 

Joel J. Raily, Chainnan of the Committee on Finance, 
assumed the responsibiUty of raising haU' the sum of money 
required to meet the expenditures incident to the unveiling 
ceremonies, provided the City Councils of Philadelphia would 
appropriate a similar sum. This was agreed to by a joint resolu- 
tion of the Select and Common Councils, formally approved by 
his Honor the Mayor, April 24, 1899. 

The sum of $13,000 was estimated as the necessary amount ; 
one-half of this w-as contributed through the Finance Committee 
of the Fairmount Park Art Association, and the other half by an 
appropriation of the City Councils of Philadelphia, as stated 
above. 

THE MEETINGS. 

For several months the meetings of the General Committee 
took place in the Union League, the Officers and House Com- 
mittee having with much courtesy assigned suitable rooms for 
that purpose. 

Major-Gencral Snowden, Commander of the Division N. G. 
P., with Brigadier-General Schall, commanding First Brigade, 
N. G. P., assigned Room 542, City Hall, of their headquarters, 
to be used as headquarters of Committees until the close of 
the Grant celebration. The numerous ad\'antages of this room 
were appreciated by the Committees. 

THE NEWSPAPERS. 

The newspapers of Philadelphia and vicinity gave every 
possible aid to the work of the Committee : incentive and en- 
couragement beforehand, earnest and enthusiastic appreciation 
afterwards. Wide publicity and an intelligent understanding of 
the affair have made the desirable impression upon the community. 

Circular letters, with a brief description of the Grant Monu- 
ment, together with photographs of the statue and of the sculptors, 
were sent to leading newspapers throughout the United States. 



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72 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

THE NEWSPAPERS.— Continued. 

Over one thousand copies of newspapers have been received 
at the office of the Secretary representing all parts of the United 
States and of Canada ; graphic descriptions and illustrations 
of, as well as editorial comment on, the unveiling of the Grant 
monument indicate a wide-spread interest. 

Captain P. Lyle Weaver, an experienced journalist, was en- 
gaged by the Committee as its Press representative, and fulfilled 
his duties with energy, ability, and marked success. 



BADGES. 

White silk badges, suitably printed in an attractive design, 
were provided for members of the Committees on Reception, on 
Ceremonies, and on Military Display. 

Badges of green satin were furnished to each member of the 
Fairmount Park Art Association, and blue badges of the same 2^. 

kind to the original contributors to the Grant Fund. 

A special enclosure in the Park, near the Statue, was ar- 
ranged by the Park Commission, admission to which was given 
to those displaying either of the badges referred to ; so that every 
member of the Association and every contributor to the Grant 
Fund had the privilege of viewing the ceremonies. 



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THE STANDS IN FAIRMOUNT PARK. 

Three regular stands were erected by the Committee for 
the accommodation of the members and guests of the Asso- 
ciation, known as the Official, the River, and the Statue Stands. 
To the Ofificial Stand were invited the official guests of the Asso- 
ciation, while the seats on the other two stands were divided 
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Association and the contributors to the Grant Unveiling Fund. 
A charge of one dollar per seat was made to every member 
ptirchasing them ; it being considered that the members of the 
Association were the hosts on this occasion ; six hundred and 
eighty-seven seats were paid for in this manner, the amount 
received being used as a credit, by the Finance Committee, to 
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of interested spectators, whose cheers and plaudits added to the 
enthusiasm of the hour. 



74 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

THE INVITATIONS. 

The Committee on Invitations reported as follows : 
Invitations numbering nearly four thousand, for the unveil- 
ing ceremonies at Fairmount Park, and for the concluding cere- 
monies at the Academy of Music, were sent to the following : 

President of the United States and Cabinet. 

Vice-President of the United States. 

Mrs. U. S. Grant, and members of the Grant family. 

Fairmount Park Commission. 

Ex-President Benjamin Harrison. 

Ex- President Grover Cleveland. 

General Nelson A. Miles, Commanding United States 
Army. 

Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. 

Chiefs of Bureaus of the United States Government at 
Washington, D.C. 

Governor of Pennsylvania, Cabinet, and Staf?. 

Governor of New Jersey, Cabinet, and Staff. 

Governor of Delaware, Cabinet, and Staff. 

Governor of Vermont and Staff. 

United States Senators from Pennsylvania. 

United States Congressmen from Philadelphia. 

Heads of Departments of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Senators and Members of the State House of Representa- 
tives of Pennsylvania residing in Philadelphia. 

Foreign Ministers at Washington, D.C. 

Generals and Staffs of the First, Second, and Third Brig- 
ades of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. 

All Commissioned Officers of the First Brigade of the 
National Guard of Pennsylvania. 

Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsyl- 
vania. 

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THE INVITATIONS.— Continued. 

Heads of the several Departments of the City of Philadel- 
phia. 

Officers and Members of the City Councils of Philadelphia. 

Officers of the United States Army and Navy residing in 
Philadelphia. 

Judges of the several Courts of Philadelphia. 

Foreign Consuls residing in Philadelphia. 

President, Board of Directors, and prominent members of 
the Union League of Philadelphia. 

Proprietors, Editors, and Reporters of Philadelphia news- 
papers. 

Officers and Members of the State Society of the Cincin- 
nati of Pennsylvania. 

Members of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania, 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. 

Conmianders of the Camps of the Union Veteran Legion of 
Pennsylvania. 

Officers of the Society of Colonial Dames. 

Officers of the Society of Colonial Wars of Pennsylvania. 

Officers of the Sons of the Revolution. 

Department Officers of G. A. R. of Pennsylvania. 

Past Department Commanders of G. A. R. of Pennsyl- 
\-ania. 

Commanders of Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware, Mont- 
gomery, and Bucks Counties I^osts, G. A. R. 

Sculptors residing in the United States. 

Members of the Fairmount Park Art Association. 

Contributors to the Grant Monument Fund. 

Members of the Grant Cadets. 



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76 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

ARRIVAL OF THE U. S. S. "RALEIGH," 
APRIL 26, 1899. 

INCIDENTS OF THE TRIP UP THE RIVER AND RECEPTION OF 
VISITING COMMITTEES.* 

The United States cruiser "Raleigh," the vessel which 
fired the first shot in Manila Bay, May i, 1898, the sound of 
which is still echoing around the world, dropped anchor off 
Race Street wharf, Delaware River, at 3.40 o'clock, p.m., 
Wednesday, April 26, 1899. She was preceded to her an- 
chorage by the police-boat ' ' Stokley, ' ' which had borne the 
Mayor and his party down the river to meet the ship and her 
gallant crew. 

When below League Island, the "Stokley" met the 
" Raleigh," and Lieutenant Commander Phelps, the executive 
officer, who was on the bridge, invited the party on board. On 
reaching the deck he welcomed each personally, and took them 
down to the Captain's cabin. At this time the Captain was ar- 
ranging for the salute to be fired on passing the Navy Yard, and 
soon after the salute of eleven guns was fired, and was responded 
to by the guns at the yard. 

After the Navy Yard had been saluted, Captain Coghlan 
came down to his cabin and was formally introduced to the 
Mayor, who in a brief speech expressed the pleasure of himself 
and the Committee at meeting the Captain and his officers, ask- 
ing them at the same time to take part in the ceremonies of 
unveiling the statue of General Grant, as well as those on Dewey 
Day, May i. He closed by extending an invitation to the Cap- 
tain to dine with the Committee at Hotel Walton, and visit the 
Walnut Street Theatre in the evening. Captain Coghlan re- 
sponded, accepting all the invitations, and especially for next 
Monday, as he said he felt that in a manner he belonged to 
Dewey Day. 

As soon as the ship came to anchor, the Committee returned 
to the city on the " Stokley." 



^ Collated trom Philadelphia Journals of April 27, 2S. and 29, 1S99. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



77 



U. S. S. "RALEIGH."— Continued. 
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE'S VISIT. 

Shortly after 5 o'clock the Reception Committee, com- 
prising' sub-committees of the Fairmount Park Art Association, 
the Military Committee, and the Citizens* Committee, were taken 
from Arch Street wharf on one of the Red Star tugs to the 
" Raleigh." It comprised Colonel Charles H. Howell, Chair- 
man ; John T. Morris, Colonel Theodore E. Wietlersheim, Cap- 
tain Thomas J. Dolan, Major]. Campbell Gilmore, Major Charles 
S. Turnbull, Albert G. Hetherington, William \V. Justice, and 
William R. Tucker. The Committee was met at the ladder by 
Lieutenant Hugh Rodman, and conducted to the Captain's cabin 
by Lieutenant-Commander Phelps, who entertained the party 
until the Captain came in by an account of the "Raleigh's" 
trip from Manila through the Red Sea and Suez Canal. 

Captain Coghlan soon appeared and was introduced to each 
of the party, after which Colonel Howell briefly stated the pro- 
gramme which had been arranged for the day's ceremonies. He 
said that this event was the first recognition by Philadelphia 
of the distinguished services of General Grant since his death, 
and it was desired that not only the army should be represented, 
but also the navy, and, while it had been hoped that several 
vessels would take part, it was especially gratifying to have the 
' ' Raleigh' ' and her gallant officers and crew take part on so 
important an occasion. 



LIST OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE U. S. S. "RALEIGH. 



Captain Joseph B. Coghlan, U.S.N. , 
Commanding. 

Lieutenant-CommanderThomas S. 
Phelps, U.S.N. 

Lieutenant William Winder, U.S.N. 

Lieutenant Hugh Rodman, U.S.N. 

Lieutenant (J. G. ) Casey B. Mor- 
gan, U.S.N. 

Ensign Henry A. Pearson, U.S.N. 

Ensign p-rank L. Chadwick, U.S.N. 



Ensign Provost Babbin, U.S.N. 
Surgeon Emlvn H. Marstellar, 

U.S.N. 
Paymaster Samuel L. Heap, U.S.N. 
Passed Assistant Engineer Ward P. 

Winchell, U.S.N. 
Passed Assistant Engineer Alex. S. 

Halstead. U.S.N. 
First Lieutenant T. C. Treadwell, 

U.S.M.C. 



78 FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

U. S. S. " RALEIGH."— Continued. 

VISIT OF HON. WILLIAM McKINLEY, 

President of the United States, to the U. S. S. " Raleigh," in the 
Delaware River, Philadelphia, Friday, April 28, 1899. 

The Presidential party had an e.xceptionally fine morning 
for their trip along the river front, as all who were on the water 
knew, and all ashore could conjecture. The " Raleigh," lying 
off Arch Street, was properly dressed for the occasion, as were 
the other government vessels near her, the " Saratoga" and the 
' ' Algonquin. ' ' The tug ' ' Samoset' ' steamed up the river early 
in the morning to the pier of the Quaker City Fruit Company, 
where she was to take on board the Presidential party. Aboard 
of her were Rear Admiral Silas W. Casey, Commandant of 
League Island, and Captain Charles E. Clark, Captain of the 
League Island Navy Yard, recently Commander of the "Ore- 
gon." The President and his party left the Bellevue in car- 
riages shortly after 10 o'clock, and a quarter of an hour later 
were ushered aboard the ' ' Samoset. ' ' 

Out in the river the President was given a noisy reception. 
As he stepped upon the lighter that was secured to the cruiser 
as a landing the first gun in the customary salute was fired. On 
the upper deck of the famous cruiser the ' ' jackies' ' were ranged 
at attention like a long picket fence. The party, preceded by 
the President with Captain Coghlan, made the tour of the ship 
and saw the gun that fired the first shot at Manila. 

Then a bugle-call assembled the men on the main deck, and 
President McKinley graciously welcomed them home. He said : 

" Captain Coghlan and men of the ' Raleigh' : It gives me 
great pleasure to welcome you home, and to congratulate each 
and every one of you on the heroic part taken by you in the great 
battle of the First of May at Manila, which was a most glorious 
triumph of American arms, and made a new and glorious page 
in American history. I assure you that when I give you welcome 
I am only speaking for seventy-five million American citizens, 
who honor you for your splendid services to our country. This 



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U. S. S. "RALEIGH."— Continued. 

feeling not only extends to your great Admiral, whom we all 
love and honor, but to the humblest member of the crew who 
was in that great fleet at Manila Bay. I give you all a warm 
and generous welcome and my thanks." 

Secretary Long was then introduced to the men, and said : 

" You have heard the Commander-in-Chief, in fitting words, 
bear testimony to your services, not only in the battle of Manila 
Bay, but all through the campaign. The country knows on 
what it may depend. The history of the Navy of the United 
States is unsurpassed, and of that record we do not forget that 
your achievements are a conspicuous part ; not only the officer 
of the deck, but, as the name has become so familiarly endeared, 
' the men behind the guns.' " 

The crew gave three cheers for the President, three for the 
Secretary, and then gave their cry, — " Rah, Rah, Rah ! Who 
are we ? We are the sons of the new navee. Are we in it ? 
Yes, we are. Raleigh, Raleigh, Rah, Rah, Rah !" 

The members of the party on the tug were, besides the 
President and Mrs. McKinley, Secretary and Mrs. Long, Secre- 
tary and Mrs. Gage, Secretary Hitchcock, Dr. P. AL Ri.xey, 
Mrs. Charles C. Harrison, Mrs. J. Madison Taylor, Miss Sartoris, 
Miss Taylor, Miss Lydia T. Morris, S. B. Cortelyou, Captain 
Sartoris, Captain Sa.xton, Rudolph Foster, John H. Converse, 
Joel J. Baily, Captain Thomas J. Dolan, William W. Justice, 
Edgar T. Scott, John T. Morris, Charles J. Cohen, Major J. 
Campbell Gilmore, and William R. Tucker. The arrangements 
for the trip were in charge of Mr. Tucker, and were admirably 
carried out. 

The party returned direct to the Bellevue for luncheon, and 
at 2.30 the President's party left for New York. 

The Committee felt greatly indebted to Messrs. Peter 
Wright & Sons, General Agents Red Star Tugs, for the many 
courtesies extended in connection with the visit. 



8o FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COURTESIES. 

Fitting acknowledgment has been made of assistance granted 
to the Committee on Grant Memorial and its Sub-Committees 
at various times previous to the unveiling ceremonies. Among 
others, resolutions of thanks and appreciation, subsequent to the 
unveiling, were sent by the Board of Trustees of Fairmount Park 
Art Association to the following : 

The President of the United States, William McKinley. 

Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the United States 
Treasury. 

Hon. John Davis Long, Secretary of the Navy. 

The Minister Plenipotentiary of China to the United States, 
His Excellency Wu Ting Fang. 

Major-General George R. Snowden, National Guard Penn- 
sylvania. 

Brigadier-General Schall, National Guard Pennsyh-ania. 

First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, Captain John C. 
Groome. 

Major Bingham, LI. S. Vols., at Schuylkill Arsenal. 

Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant. 

Hon. William A. Stone, Governor of Pennsylvania. 

Hon. Samuel H. Ashbridge, Mayor of Philadelphia. 

Abraham L. English, Director of Public Safety. 

Thomas L. Hicks, Postmaster at Philadelphia. 

City Councils of Philadelphia, James L. Miles, President 
of Select Council ; Wencel Hartman, President of Common 
Council ; Jacob J. Seeds, Chairman of Finance Committee. 

Right Rev. O. W. Whitaker, D. D. , Bishop of Pennsylvania. 

Rev. H. Clay Trumbull, D.D. 

John H. Converse, President of the Fairmount Park Art 
Association and the Chairmen and members of the several 
Committees. 

Hon. A. Loudon Snowden. 

Hampton L. Carson, Esq., the Orator. 

The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United 
States. 



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ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COURTESIES.— Continued. 

Children of the American Revolution, Mrs. Benj. Thom- 
son, State Director. 

Daughters of the Revolution, Mrs. Henry Sanger Snow, 
President-General. 

Christian League of Philadelphia, Frederic Poole, Rev. C. 
H. Bond. 

Fairmount Park Commission. 

Union League, its President and members of the House 
Committee. 

L'nited States Custom House, Hon. C. Wesley Tiiomas, Col- 
lector of the Port ; F. J. Crilly, Esq., Special Deputy Collector. 

Undine Barge Club. 

The Representatives of the Newspapers of Philadelphia and 
vicinity. 

The President and Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company. 

Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co., L A. Sweigard, 
General Superintendent. 

West Jersey & Seashore Railroad Co. 

Western Union Telegraph Co. 

Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia. 

The police arrangements were excellently carried out by the 
Department of Public Safety, under the personal supervision of 
Director English ; in all sections of the city where the crowds 
had gathered, the police were stationed, and the large crowds 
were ably handled without any accident or confusion. The same 
conditions prevailed in the Park, where the municipal police — in 
conjunction with the Park Guard — maintained the e.xcellent 
order and discipline that have rendered all such events successful 
to the highest degree. The President of the United States, as 
well as many of the distinguished visitors, made special mention 
of this feature of the day's ceremonies. 

The Committee desires to make note of the many courtesies 
e.xtended to it by Mr. Jesse T. \'ogdes. Chief Engineer and 
Superintendent of Fairmount Park, in connection with the un- 
veiling ceremonies. 
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LIST OF ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE 

GRANT MEMORIAL FUND. 
1885-1893. 



Abbott, ]., 

Albert, Chas. F., 

Alburger, J. T., & Co., 

Alkins, W. H., 

Allen, Geo., Jr., 

Allen, Lane & Scott, 

Allen, W. H. & G. W., 

Allen, W. H. & G. W. (Employes ), 

Allen's Sons, J. J., 

Allison, W. C, 

Arrott, Wni., 

Artman & Treichler, 

Aschenbach & Miller, 

Austie, Henry, 

B. S. H., 

Baeder, Adamson & Co., 

Bailey, Banks & Biddle, 

Bailey, John T., & Co., 

Bailey, John T., & Co. (Employes 

Bag Factory), 
Bailey, John T., & Co. (Employes 

Twine Factory), 
Baily, Joel J., & Co., 
Baily, Joel J., & Co. (Employes), 
Baird, John, 
Bamberger & Co., L., 
Barker, Moore & Mein, 
Barrie, George, & Sons ( Employes ) , 
Bartol, B. H., 
Bates, Joseph \Vm., 
Beates & Miller, 
Beath, Robert B., 
Beattie & Hay, 
Beaumont Children, 
Becker, H., & Co., 



Belfield, H., & Co., 

Bement, Miles & Co., 

Bement, Miles & Co. (Employes), 

Bement, Wm. B., 

Beneficial Saving Fund Society, 

The, 
Benson, Edwin N., 
Benson, G. S., Jr., 
Benson, Mrs. G. S., 
Benson, Colonel R. Dale, 
Berkshire Mills, The (Emploj^^s), 
Bessie and Clarence, 
Beylle, Mrs. E., 
Biddle, Catharine C, 
Biddle, Miss Christine W., 
Biddle, Edward, 
Biddle, Mrs. Elizabeth B., 
Biddle, Elizabeth N., 
Biddle, George W., 
Biddle, Hannah S., 
Biddle, Mrs. H. J., 
Bihn & Co., 

Bihn 6t Co. (Employees), 
Billmeyer, S. T., 
Bingham House Co., 
Blabon, Geo. W., 
Blair, Andrew, 
Blair's Sons, H. C, 
Blair's Sons, H. C. (Employes), 
Blakeley, John, & Son, 
Blakiston, P., 
Blankenburg, R., & Co., 
Blanton, E. A., Jr., 
Blatchley, Chas. A., 
Blatchley, Chas. G., 



FAIRMOVNT PARK ART ASSOCIATIOX. 



S3 



ORIC.INAL Sl'BSCRlBERS TO THE GRANT MEMORIAL 
FUND.— Continued. 



Blatchley, H. (;., 

Blatchley, Walter, 

Blessing, C. A., 

Bockius, C, 

Boldt, Geo. C, 

Bonsall, Amos, 

Boone, Mrs. L. .\., 

Booz & Co., 

Boraef, L. Sinister, 

Borden, E. P., 

Borie, C. & H., 

Boswell, Wm. R., 

Bourginn, F., 

Bowen, Smith, 

Bower, Henry, 

Brainerd, Armstrong & Co., 

Branson & Co., 

Bremer's, Lewis, Sons, 

Brill, J. G., & Co., 

Brinton, Frank, 

Bromley, John, & Sons, 

Brookei F. M. & H., 

Brown, Ale.xander, 

Brown, Alex. P., 

Brown Bros. & Co., 

Brown, Edward, 

Brown, John S., 

Brown, Neilson, 

Brown, Sam'l B., 

Browning Bros., 

Buchanan, A. S., 

Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co., 

Busch, Mary, 

Busch, Paul, 

Butterworth, H. W., & Sons, 

Button, Conyers & Co., 

Cadwalader, Dr. C. E., 

Calder, Alex. Milne, 

Caldwell, J. E., & Co., 

Caldwell, J. E., & Co. (Employes), 



Carrick, Da\id, & Co., 

Carver, A. B., & Co., 

C. A. T., 

Cliapman, Joseph, 

Chester Oil Co. (Employes), 

Chestnuts, 

Childs, George W., 

Chipley, T. E., etal., 

Chipman, Chas., 

Citizen, A., 

Claghorn, J. Raymond, 

Clark & Keen, 

Clark, E. W., & Co., 

Clark, Gideon, 

Clark, Mrs. Gideon, 

Clark, Miss May, 

Clinton, E., & Co., 

Clyde, W. P., & Co., 

Coates, Abraham, 

Coates, Edward H., & Co., 

Coates, Geo. M., 

Coates, W. M., 

Coffin, Altemus & Co., 

Cohen, Charles J., 

Cohen, Mrs. Henry, 

Cohen, Miss Katherine M., 

Cohen, Miss Mary M., 

Colburn, A., & Co., 

Coles, Edward, 

Comfort, C. L., 

Conard, Thomas P., 

Conaway, James, & Co., 

Conover, David F., & Co., 

Conrade, D., 

Cooke & Ewing, 

Cooper, G. M.. 

Cooper, H. W., 

Cooper, Jos. E., Treas., 

Cooper, Smith & Co., 

Cox, Justice, Jr., 



^ FAIR MOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 

ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GRANT MEMORIAL 
FUND.— Continued. 



Co.x, Lewis S., 

Craig, Finley & Co. (Employes), 

Craig, J. F., & Co., 

Craige, Seth, 

Cramp, Jacob C, 

Craven, Mrs. Rebecca T., 

Cresson, Geo. \'.. 

Creswell, D. S., 

Croft & Allen, 

Crosscup, D. C, 

Crow, Alex., 

Cumberland Nail Co., 

Cummins, D. B., 

Curtin, R. G., M.D., 

D. M., 

Dana, Rev. S. W., 

Danby, ]. & G., 

Dannenbaum's Son, L., & Elliott, 

Darlington, Runk & Co., 

Darrach, James, M.D., 

Davis, A. B., 

Davis, Chas. W., 

Davis, Henry, 

Davis, John S., 

Deanley, Isaac, 

DeArmand, Elizabeth W., 

DeArmand, .S. Keyser, 

Decan, E. M., 

Degerberg & Gansert, 

Delano, Eugene, 

Dickerson, E. S., 

Dickey, Chas., Jr., 

Dissel Bros. & Co., 

Disston, Henr>-, & Sons, 

Ditman, J. G., 

Dixon, Thos. S., & Sons, 

Doak, James, Jr., 

Dobbins, R. J., 

Dollard, Mary, 

Dougherty's Sons, J. A., 



Doughten, W'ilkins & Co., 

Douglas, E. v., 

Downing, Richard H., 

Doyle, J. B., 

Draper, Robert, 

Dreer, Wm. P., 

Drexel, Anthony J., 

Drown, W. A., & Co., 

Drown, W. A., & Co. ( Employes) 

Dun, R. G., & Co., 

Dunn Bros., 

Dunton, Joseph F., 

Dupuy, B. S., 

E. C. B., 

E. D., 

E. L. P., 

E. W., 

Edwards & Docker, 

Elkins, Geo. W., 

Elkins, Wm. L., 

Elkins, Wm. L., Jr., 

Elliot, A. G., & Co., 

Ellison, J. B., & Sons, 

Emsley, Wm., & Bro., 

England & Bryan, 

England & Bryan (Employ^), 

Engle, C. B. E. & A. F., 

Engles, Charlotte S., 

Erben, Search & Co., 

Ernst, Wm., 

Eshleman & Craig, 

Ester, Mrs. C. S., 

Evans, John R., 

Evening Bulletin, 

Everett, Henry, 

Everett, Henry (Employes), 

Ex-Confederate, An, 

Ferguson, J. D., & Co., 

Fest, E., 

Field, Chas. J., 



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85 



ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS TO TIIK CRANT MEMORIAL 
FUND.— Continued. 



Filbert, Dr. L. S., 

1-ile, Derr, Haney & Co., 

File, John C. , 

Firth & Foster Co. , 

Fitler, Edwin H.. & Co., 

Flagg, Mrs. Stanlej- G., 

Flanagan, S., 

Flanagan, S. & J. AL ( Employees), 

Fleisher, S. B. & B. W., 

Ford & Kendig, 

Fortin, Daniel H., 

Fox, Ale.x. M., 

Fox, H. C, & Sons, 

Fox, H. C, & Sons (Employes), 

Fraley, ]. U., 

French, S. H., & Co., 

Frick, Nathan, 

Fritz, Horace, 

Fuller, H. A., 

FuUerton, John, 

Funk, Chas. \\',, 

Furman, S. F., 

G., 

G. S. H., 

G. W. S., 

Gadber, Mrs. M., 

Galvin, C. W., 

Galvin, T. P., 

Galvin, Mrs. T. P., 

Garden, C. H., & Co., 

Garrett, C. S., & Son, 

Garrett, L. \^^, 

Garrett & Sons, W. E., 

Gates, James R., 

Gaulbert, McFadden & Caskey, 

Gautschi, Henry, & Sons, 

Germantown Library Association, 

Gibbs, W. \V., 

Gibson, A. C, 

Gilbert, S. H., 



("lilluspie, John, 

(lillespie, Mrs. John, 

Gillingham, J. E., 

Glisson, O. S., 

Godfrey, Harry, 

Godfrey, Lincoln, 

Goodell & Waters, 

Goodwin Gas-Stove & Meter Co. 
(Employfe), 

Gormley, A., 

Graham, Elizabeth \'., 

Graham, J. C. (Employes), 

Granlees & Sons, R. (Employes), 

Grant, C. B., 

Grant, Emma C, 

Grauch, John, 

Gray's Ferry, 

Greene, Stephen, 

Gregg, W. L., 

Gregg & Bowe Carriage Co., 

Grieb, J. G., & Sons, 

Griffiths, George, 

Griscom, C. A., 

Gross & Bro. , C. , 

Grundy Bros. & Campion, 

Guilford, S. H., 

Gump, Jacob, 

Gutekunst, F., 

H. A. B., 

H. L. H., 

Hall, H. F., 

Halstead & Spencer, 

Halterman, Fred., 

Hamilton, W. C, & Son, 

Hamilton, W. C, & Son (Em- 
ployes), 

Hance Bros. & White, 

Hance Bros. & White (Employes), 

Hance, J. C, 

Hand, Rev. Geo. (Thro.), 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GRANT MEMORIAL 

FUND.— Continued. 



Hannis, Parish iS; Williams, 

Hanson Bros. (Em|iluyes), 

Harrah, Charles ].. 

Harrington & Goodman, 

Harris, F. M., 

Harris, Geo. .S., 

Harrison, Frazier & Co., 

Harrison, Havemeyer & Co., 

Harrison, Mrs. Joseph, Jr., 

Harrison, W. H., & Bro., 

Harrop, J. T., & Son, 

Harvey, Blaney, 

Harvey, Joseph, 

Havemeyer, H. O., 

Hazlet, J., 

Hazlitt, R. M., 

Heft, Letitia P., 

Heft, W. J. B., 

Hellings, N., & Bro., 

Hemphill, Elijah, 

Hansel, Colladay & Co., 

Hentz, J. Henry, 

Hersey, John J., 

Herzog, Geo., 

Heston & Erben, 

Hippie, F. K., 

Hirsh, A. C, 

Hirsh & Bro., 

Hockley, Annie E. 

Hockley, Mary, 

Hockley, Thomas, 

Hoffman, C. J., 

HofTman, Geo. E., 

Holman, A. J., & Co., 

Holmes, H., 

Holmes, H., 

Hood, Bonbright & Co., 

Hood, Bonbright & Co. ( Eni- 

ploy(?s), 
Hoopes & Townsend, 



Hopkins, James, 

Horn, Geo. H., 

Horstmann, VV. H., & Sons, 

Horstmann, W. H., & Sons (Em- 
ployes), 

Houston, H. H., 

Houston, W. C, Jr., 

Houston, W. C, Jr., & Co. (Em- 
ployes), 

Howard, James \V., 

Howell, Beatrice, 

Howell, Charles H., 

Howell, Mrs. Charles H., 

Howell, Mrs. Henry C, 

Howell, Miss Josephine F., 

Hewlett, E. J., & Son (Employes), 

Howson & Sons, 

Hoyt, F. A., & Co., 

Hubbard Bros., 

Huey, Samuel B., 

Huey, W. G., & Co., 

Hughes & Patterson, 

Hughes, James, 

Humes, Oliver S., 

Irwin, James, 

Item Office (Rec'd at), Phila., 

J. D. M., 

J. F. N., 

J. G. W., 

J. K., 

J. S., 

Janney & Andrews, 

Jayne, Dr. D., & Son, 

Jenks, W. J., 

Johnson, Lawrence & Co., 

Johnson, W. H., 

Johnston, Holloway & Co., 

Johnston, William, 

Jones, Ale.x. H., 

Jones, Joshua R., 



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87 



ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GRANT MEMORIAL 
FUND.— Continued. 



Jones, Margaret, 
Jones, Washington, 
Jones, \V. F., 
Julius, Theodore, 
K. M. D. G., 
Kay, J. Alfred, 
Keen, Bodine & Co., 
Keen's Sons, Eli, 
Keini, Geo. DeB., & Co., 
Keim, J. R., & Co., 
Keinath, Wni., 
Kelly, Dr. Patk. M., 
Kemble, \V. H., 
Kersey, John J., 
Kershaw, John, 
Kessler, H. & G., 
Keyser, A. D., 
Keyser, Anna G., 
Keyser, James D., 
Keystone Leather Co. , 
King, C. R., 
Klemm, W. G., 

Knickerbocker Ice Co. (Em- 
ployes Station 12), 
Kohler, .Albert, 
Kohn, Adler & Co., 
L. B., The Misses, 
Lacey, W. H., 
Lamson, A. D., 
Landis & Crisnian, 
l.andreth, D., & .Son, 
Lankenau, John D., 
Lautz Bros. & Co., 
Laws, P., 
Lea, Henry C, 
Lea, Isaac, 
Lea, J. Tatnall, 
Lea, M. C, 
Leake, Frank, & Co., 
LeBoutillier, Chas., 



Lee, Edward C, 

Lees, James, 

Leopold, S.. & Brt)., 

Leser, F., 

Levick's .Son, k., & Co., 

Lewis, Bessie, 

Lewis Bros. & Co., 

Lewis, G. F., 

Lewis, Harold R., & Co., 

Lewis, John T., & Bros., 

Lewis, Maggie, 

Lewis, Sadie, 

Lewis, Miss S., 

Lindsay, Robert, 

Linn, C, B. and others, 

Lippincott, J. B., & Co., 

Lippincott, W. A., 

Little Girl's Offering— J. S., 

Little May, 

Liveright, Morris, 

Lloyd, Supplee & Walton, 

Lodge, Geo., 

Loeb, A. B., 

Loeb & Bros., 

Logan, Emery & Weaver, 

Loxley, B. Ogden, 

Loxley, C. E., 

Lo.\ley, M. J., 

Lucas, John, & Co., 

Lutner, Thos. E., 

M. A. .S., 

M. H. B., 

May, .Sallie and Helen, 

McC. & Co., 

McCahan, W. J., & Co., 

McCallum, Crease & Sloan, 

McCambridge & Co., 

McCarty & Hurlburt, 

McCormick, .M., 

McCuUy, V. P., 



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ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GRANT MEMORIAL 
FUND.— Continued. 



McDougal, S. A., 

McIIvaine Bros. (Employes), 

McKean, Thomas, 

McNeely & Co., 

M. A. S., 

M. G. D., 

M. G. S., 

M. J. L., 

M. P. C, 

Macomber, N. G., M.D., 

Mactier, Wm. L., 

Manges, H. P., 

Mann, Wm., 

Maris & .Smitli, 

Martin, Geo. P., 

Matlack, Rev. R. C, 

May, Jonathan, 

Mellor & Rittenhouse Co., 

Mellor & Rittenhouse Co. (Em- 
ployes), 

Merrick, J. \'aughan, 

Merrihew, T., 

:\Iiddleton, C. \V. & H, \V., 

Miles, Elizabeth, 

Miles, Mary J., 

Miller, Andrew H., 

Miller, Chas. \V., & Co., 

Miller, John C, 

Miller & Yates, 

Mills, Wm., & Son, 

Miner\'a Senate, No. i6. Order of 
Sparta, 

Mingle, P. B., & Co., 

Monges, A., 

Monroe Bros. & Co., 

Moore, James, 

Morgan, James, 

Morgan, Joseph, 

Moss, Rebecca, 

Muckle, M. R., 



Muhlenberg. F. A., 
Muhr's Sons, H. (Employfe), 
Mundell, John, 
Mundell, John, & Co., 
Murphy's Sons, W. P., 
Myers, Nathan, 
Naylor, Jacob, 
Newcomb, W., 
Newton, Geo. B., & Co., 
Nicholson, W. R., 
Norris, Charles, 
North, E. Robbins, 
Norton, Chas. D., 
Nugent, Mrs. Geo., 
Nunan, Marv A., 
O. H., 

Old Soldier's Mite, 
Orne, John P., 
Ostheimer Bros., 
P. H. H., 
Partridge, Edward, 
Partridge, Edward, 
Partridge, G. F"rank, 
Partridge & Richardson, 
Pattison, W. C, 
Pearson, Joseph T., 
Peckham, Geo. L., 
Pennock Bros., 
Perot's Sons, Prancis, 
Peters, Geo. H., 
Peterson, C. L., 
Pfaelzer Bros., 
Phila. Drug E.xch. Com., 
Phoeni.x Iron Co., 
Porter, Charles, 
Porter, Chas. M., 
Potter's Sons, Thos., & Co., 
Potter's Sons, Thos., & Co. (Em- 
ployes), 
Potts, Chas. W., 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



ORK'.IXAI. SL'BSCRIBKRS TO THE GRANT MEMORIAL 
FUND.— Continued. 



Potts, J. D., 
Potts, Miss S. M., 
Potts, Wm. F., 
Potts, Wm. F., Mrs., 
Powers, Mrs. Thos. H., 
Pratt, D. T., 
Prevost, Francis A., 
Prevost, Margaret C, 
Prevost & Herring, 
Price, Isaac C, 
Priestman, Miss Amelia, 
Procter, Wm., Jr., & Co., 
Pugh, Wm. R., 
Pulaski, M. H,, cS: Co., 
Pyle, Edward H., 
R. C, Mrs., 
Ragatz, John H., 
Rapson, Geo H., 
Reading, J. G., 
Reeve, E. S., 
Reeves, Parvin & Co., 
Reiff, Benj., 

Reyburn, Hunter & Co., 
Richards, Pauline, 
Ridgway, Edward, 
Ridgway, Jacob E., 
Riebenack, M., 
Rife, Henry J., 
Riggs Bros., 

Riggs Bros. (Employes), 
Ritchie, James, Jr., 
Roberts, Joseph, 
Roberts, Thomas, & Co., 
Robinett, J. Percy, 
Robinson & Loeble, 
Rogers, F. G., 
Rogers, W. D., Son & Co., 
Rohrer, S. A., 
Rommel, John, Jr., 
Ronaldson, C. IC, 



Rose, W'ni., & Bros., 

Rosengarten & .Sons, 

Ross, E. D., 

Ross, Miss May E., 

Rowland, James, 

Royer, J. W., 

Russell, J. P., 

Russell, .Matthew, 

S. W., 

Santee, Charles, 

Sauter, Christian, 

Savage & Stovell, 

Savage & Stovell (Employes), 

Schaefer, Christopher, 

Schaffer, Charles, 

Schenim, Peter, 

.Schenck, J. H., & Son, 

Schmitt, Chas., 

Schofield, Uriah, 

School & Blakeley, 

School-Boy's Offering — R. D., 

Schwartz & Graff, 

Schwartz & Graff (Employ^), 

Schwarz, G. A., 

Schwarzwaelder, Louis, 

Scott, Chas., 

Seider, Chas., 

Seltzer, Franklin P., 

Sharpless Bros., 

Sharpless Bros. (Employes), 

Sharpless & Watts, 

Sheets, Peter, 

Sheets, Mrs. Peter, 

Sheppard, J. B., & Sons, 

Shetzline, R. A., & Sons, 

Shipley, A. B., & Son, 

Shoemaker, J., 

Shoemaker, Joseph, 

Shoemaker, M. L. l,Eni|)loy(5s) 

Shoemaker & Voute, 



9° 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GRANT MEMORIAL 
FUND.— Continued. 



Shortridge, N. Parker, 

Simons, Bros., 

Simpson, James, 

Simpson, Wm., Jr., 

Sinclair, Thomas, & Son, 

Sinkler, W. S., 

Slingluff, Jacob, 

Smith, C, & Son, 

Smith, Frank, 

Smith, James, & Co., 

Smith, John F., 

Smith, Kline & Co. 

Smith, Kline & Co. (Employes), 

Smith, Theo. H., 

Smith, V. H., 

Smith, V. H., & Co. (Employ^), 

Smith, W^m. B., 

Smith, Winthrop B., 

Smucker, Solomon, 

Smyth, Lindley, 

Snellenl>urg, N., & Co., 

Snowden, A. Loudon, Hon., 

Spangler, E. J., & Co., 

Stambach & Love, 

Stanton, Helen, 

Stead & Miller, 

Stead & Miller (Employ^), 

Steel, Edward T., & Co., 

Sternberger, L. & S., 

Stewart, Da\'id, 

Stewart, Dr. W. S., 

Stoever, Geo. W., 

Stoner, H. S., 

Stotesbury, Thos. P., 

Strouse, Loeb & Co., 

Stryker, Dr. S. S., 

Stuart, Edwin S., Hon., 

Sullivan & Bro., 

Sunshine Pub. Co., 

Sweatman, V. C, 



Taggart's Sunday Times, 
Taussig & Taylor, 
Taws & Hartman, 
Taylor, Anthony, 
Taylor, F. W., 
Taylor, Jos., & .Son, 
Thackara, B., 
Thompson, Benj., 
Thompson & Bros., 
Thorpe, C. N., & Co., 
Thorpe, C. N., &Co., (Employes), 
Tilden, W. T., cS: Co., 
Tilge, Henry, & Co., 
Times Printing House and Em- 
ployes. 
Toothaker, Chas. R., 
Trotter, W. Henry, 
TurnbuU, Mrs., 
Turnbull, Miss G., 
Turnbull, Dr. L., 
Tyson, J., 
Valori, S. A., 
Vance, James M., & Co., 
Volans, E. M., 
Von Phul, Geo., 
W. A. S., 
W. E. B., 
W. G. B., 
W. J. P., 
W. S. M., 
Waas, Dr. M. A., 
Wadsworth, Jane H., 
Walker, H. M., 
Wallace, Mrs. D. F., 
Wanamaker, John, 
Wanamaker, S. M. (Employes), 
Wanamaker & Brown, 
Warden, W. G,, 
Waterall, Wm., & Co., 
Waters, Henry, 






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ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GRANT MEMORIAL 
FUND.— Continued. 



Waters, Henry, & Son, 

Weaver, D.aniel, 

Webber & Houe, 

Weightnian, Win., 

Welsh, Henry D., 

Welsh, Isaac, 

Welsh, ]. Lovvber, 

Welsh, John, Hon., 

Welsh, Samuel, 

Wendell & Smith, 

West Phila. Bank, 

Wharton, Chas. W., 

Wharton, Mary L., 

Wheeler, ]. K., 

Wheelock, CJbadiah, 

Whitaker, Robert, 

Whitaker, W. M., 

White, J. Milne, 

White, S. S., Dental Mfg. Co. 

White, Mrs. S. S., 

Whitney Bros., 

Whitney & Kemmerer, 



Widener, P. A. B., 

Wilbur, H. o., l\: Sons, 

Wilkinson's Sons, C, 

Williamson & Cassedy, 

Williamson, I. V., 

Willing, Charles, 

Willing, R. T., 

Wilson & Fenimore, 

Wilson & Fenimore (Employes) 

Wilt, A., & Sons, 

Wiltberger, D. S., 

Wiltberger, D. S. (Employes), 

Winebrenner, D. S., 

Winsor, Henry, 

Wisler, Henry H., 

Wister, L. R., & Co., 

Wister, Mrs. William, 

Wood, Alan, & Co., 

Wood, Wm., & Co., 

Wright, Peter, & Sons, 

Yates, A. C, & Co. 



In addition to the above, twenty subscriptions entitled " Cash' 
were recei\ed. 



FAIR MOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FUND 

FOR THE UNVEILING OF THE GRANT STATUE, 

MARCH-APRIL, 1899. 



Baird, Thomas E., 
Baugh, Daniel, 
Beck, Charles, Paper Co., 
Benson, Edwin N., 
Benson, Col. R. Dale, 
Bodine, Altemus & Co., 
Bodine, Samuel T., 
Boyer, Henry K., 
Brooke & Pennock, 
Bullitt, John C, 
Burnham, George, 
Butterworth, James, 
Clark, Clarence H., 
Clark, E. W., & Co., 
Clothier, Isaac H., 
Cochran, H. C, 
Converse, John H., 
Cramp, Wm., & Sons, Ship 

Engine Building Co., 
Crozier, Samuel A., 
Dreer, Ferdinand J., 
Drexel & Co., 
Edmunds, Hon. George F., 
Ellis, G. W., & Co., 
Friedberger & Co., 
Gibbs, W. W., 
Gillingham, J. E., 
Gimbel Brothers, 
Griscom, Clement A., 
Gutekunst, F., 

Harrison, Charles C, LL.D. , 
Henry, Bayard & Co., 
Henszey, Wm. P., 
Houston, Samuel F., 
Jefferson, Joseph, 



Justice, W. \\'., 

Kessler, George, 

Kessler, John, 

Keyser, Mrs. James D., 

Land Title and Trust Co., 

Lane, David H., 

Lewis, George T., & Son, 

Lippincott, J. Dundas, 

Lit Brothers, 

Michener, John H., 

Morris, John T., 

Passmore, L. K., 

Paul, Dr. James, 

Paul, Mary W., 

Pennsylvania Heat, Light, and 

Power Co., 
Pierce, Harold, 
uid Raser, J. Heyl, 

Rosengarten, J. G., 
Ryan, Archbishop P. J., 
Sellers, Wm., & Co., 
Simpson, Wm., Sons & Co., 
Smith, Kline & French Co., 
Stetson, John B., Co., 
Stokley, William S., Hon., 
Strawbridge, Justus C, 
Swain, Charles M., 
Thomson, Frank, 
Union Traction Co,, 
Warner, George W., 
Warren, E. Burgess, 
West, Harrj'F., 
Windrim, James H., 
Whitaker, Bishop O. W., 
Wright, Peter, & Sons. 



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THE CHILDREN'S ART BRIGADE OF THE FAIRMOUNT 
PARK ART ASSOCIATION 

The Art Brigade consists of a number of boys and girls, 
captains, sergeants, and cadets, under 21 years of age, and also 
several contributors who may be of any age. The purpose of 
the Brigade is not only to increase the fund for the erection of a 
certain memorial undertaken by the Association, which in this 
instance was the Grant Monument, but also to cultivate in the 
rising generation a love for the beautiful and a desire for im- 
provement in municipal art. 

MEMBERS OF THE "GRANT" CADETS. 



Captains. 



Benners, Nannie M. 
Boyle, John J. 
Cohen, Charles J. 
Crozer, Marj' S. 
Dechert, Henry M. 
Fitter, Josephine R. 
Freeman, Mrs. Georsre M. 



Howell, Beatrice. 
Howell, Ellen E. 
Howell, Josephine F. 
Jordan, Adelaide L. 
Moore, J., Jr. 
Thomson, Mrs. J. Edjjar. 



Sergeants. 



Ashbridge, Margaretta B. 
Axt, Christian. 
Carroll, Eugene A. 
Cohen, Albert M. 
Crawford, Jessie. 
Crawford, Sarita H. 
Disston, Albert H. 
Dugan, James P. 
Howell, Annie F. 
Howell, Beatrice. 
Howell, Charles H., 
Howell, Cooper. 
Howell, Josephine F. 
HowL-U, Katharine B. 



Jordan, Adelaide Linton. 
Koons, Robert Wright. 
Miller, Arthur Persons. 
Myers, Charles W. 
Newbold, Caleb. 
Newbold, Clifford. 
Norris, Maria P. 
Patterson, Burd S., Jr. 
Pettit, Mrs. Horace. 
Robinett, Allen P. 
Turner, Elizabeth K. Michau.x. 
Wagner, Agnes L. 
Wiedersheim, William A. 



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FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



GRANT CADETS.— Continued. 



C.\DETS. 



Ashbridge, Margaretta B. 
Austin, Abbie Moore. 
Austin, Eleanor Brander. 
Austin, James Moore. 
Austin, Richard L., Jr. 
Baldwin, Florence, 
Bangs, Francis Nathan. 
Bangs, Henry McComb. 
Barger, Adele H. 
Baugh, Katharine Livingston. 
Beitler, Lewis Eugene, 
Bell, John Cromwell, Jr. 
Benners, Archibald B. 
Bergen, Hirst. 
Berry, Laura Winslow. 
Berwind, Frederica. 
Bonner, John C. 
Bonzano, Laura. 
Bradley, Margaret Hinckley. 
Breintnall, Elizabeth P. 
Brientnall, George K. 
Brientnall, Kate E. 
Brooke, Mary Thomas. 

Brown, James G. 

Bruen, Edith Guest. 

Buck, Marie A. 

Buck, Peter E. 

Bucknell, Edith. 

Budd, Anna B. 

Budd, Thomas W. 

Burt, Jean Theodora. 

Burtlett, Allen. 

Burton, Margaret Handy. 

Buzby, Frances Shoemaker. 

Canby, Franklin Piatt. 

Canby, James Benjamin, Jr. 

Carroll, Benedict L. 

Carroll, Edward J. 

Carroll, Eugene A. 



Carroll, Helen. 
Carroll, Mary G. 
Carroll, Sarah. 
Carroll, Vincent. 
Cartwright, H. R. 
Cattell, Esther. 
Charlier, Jeannette. 
Clapp, Algernon R. 
Clark, Bertha. 
Clark, Charles F. 
Clark, Donaldson. 
Clark, Frances. 
Clay, Curtis L. 
Closson, James Harwood. 
Closson, Josephine Baines. 
Closson, Mary Bancroft. 
Cohen, Clotilde Florance. 
Coit, Edward Woolsey. 
Commonwealth Trust Co., 

Henry M. Dechert, President. 
Cooper, Katherine Roberts. 
Cotton, Arria Frazer. 
Crawford, Alice Rebecca. 
Crawford, Henry Cutler. 
Crawford, Jessie Henriques. 
Crawford, Sarita H. 
Creswell, Marion Helen. 
Culvertson, Edward L. 
Culvertson, John W. 
Curtin, Marj- Constance. 
Damon, Elizabeth Graham. 
Damon, James Graham. 
Davis, Frank R. 
Dechert, Robert. 
Devine, Mrs. Mark. 
Dick, Evans Rogers. 
Dick, L Mildred. 
Diehl, Lilian Ida. 
Diehl, Marguerite Wetherill. 



rAlRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOC/AT/OX. 



( ".RANT CADETS.— Conlimied. 



95 



nisston, Albert H. 
Disston, Ella. 
Disston, Florence. 
Disston, Frank. 
Dobbins, T. Munroe. 
Dolan, Henry HofYinan. 
Dulan, Thomas, Jr. 
Downing, Keith Travis. 
Downing, Leffert LefTerts. 
Drake, (ieorge Howell. 
Dnane, Richard Bache. 
Dugan, James P. 
Earle, Francis Yon Lor. 
Earle, George Howard. 
Ehlen, Blanche. 
Eisenbrey, Ella D. 
Eisenbrey, Irene C. 
Elkins, Stella. 
Elliott, Adele E. 
Elliott, Myra K. 
Ellison, Evelyn. 
Ellison, William Penn, 2d. 
Fassitt, John H. 
Fassitt, Silvia. 
Fetherston, Ethel. 
Fetherston, Marie. 
Fisher, Eliza Teisseire. 
Fitler, Rachel. 
Flagg, Marie Windrim. 
Flagg, Stanley Griswold, 3d. 
Fo.x, Charles Y., Jr. 
Fox, Holstein DeHaven. 
Fox, Sarah Valentine. 
Franklin, Ellwood C. 
French, Annah Colket. 
French, Margaret. 
French, Mildred Keyser. 
Gerhard, Anna Sergeant. 
Gibbs, Genevieve. 
Gilmore, John O., Jr. 
Gilpin, Sarah Hood. 



Ciinibel, Bernard 1". 
Gould, Harry /.inn. 
Grant, Francis Clark. 
Grant, Mrs. Samuel. 
Griggs, Albert Edward. 
Griggs, Frederick Charles. 
Groetzinger, Joseph. 
Haines, Carroll Austin. 
Haines, Elma Laura. 
Haines, .Samuel Bunting. 
Hamilton, Russell D. 
Hamilton, Warren W. 
Harrison, Elizabeth. 
Heebner, Julia E. 
Heebner, Myra H. 
Henderson, Robert Randolplu- 
Henszey, Edward F. 
Heyl, Katharine Thomas. 
Highley, Rebecca B. 
Hirst, A. A., Jr. 
Hirst, Maria A. 
Howell, Beatrice. 
Howell, Cecil Fitler. 
Howell, Charles H. 
Howell, Cooper. 
Howell, Ethel. 
Howell, G. Rushton. 
Howell, Josephine F. 
Howell, Karl Louis. 
Howell, Katharine Robinson. 
Huey, Arthur T. 
Jacobs, Maria Brothwell. 
Jessup, Christine K. 
Jessup, Henry Herbert. 
Jessup, James Stotesbury. 
Jessup, John Butler. 
Jessup, Philip. 

Jessup, Theodore Carrington. 
Jessup, William Hunting. 
Jordan, Adelaide L. 
Katz, Beatrice. 



96 



FAIRMOLLXT PARK ART ASSOCIATIOX. 



GRANT CADETS.— Continued. 



Katz, Florence. 
Katz, Sybil. 
Keaney, Anna M. 
Keator, John Frisbee. 
Keator, Rachael. 
Kemble, Elizabeth S. 
Kemble, Francis W. 
Kemble, Virginia S. 
Kennedy, Georgette Hilda. 
Kennedy, Josephine Lojjer. 
Kennedy, Marie Ernst. 
Kennedy, William Ernst. 
Kercher, Robert E. 
Klessel, Charles Ernest, Jr. 
Klessel, Stephen Henry. 
Lambert. Edith. 
Lambert, Mary. 
Leinan, Malin. 
Leonard, Katharine Biddle. 
Leonards, Ella C. 
Leslie, Marie Eiilalie. 
Levick, Henry Lewis. 
Levick, Marie Sabine. 
Lewis, Elizabeth Borie. 
Lex, Barclay. 
Lineaweaver, E. Florence. 
Lisle, John. 
Lloyd, Esther. 
Lloyd, Mary C. 
Long, Alice M. 
Longacre, A. Elizabeth. 
Macfarlane, Catherine P. 
Malin, Bertha W. 
Manning, Albert D. 
Manning, Henry S., Jr. 
Manning, John Pearce. 
Martin, Bertha Graham. 
Mason, John Hazlehurst. 
McCloud, Malcolm J. 
McCloud, R. Alastair. 
McCrosson, Emma L. 
McDonnell, Wm. John. 
McElroy, Cecelia B. 



McElroy, Katherina A. 
Mcllvaine, Josephine B. 
McMichael, Charles Prevost. 
Mellon, James. 
Miel, Lawrence. 
Miller, Arthur P. 
Morris, Annie C. 
Morris, Grace Elliott. 
Musser, Agnes. 
Musser, Naomi. 
Muzzey, Frank Schley. 
Muzzey, Marie E. 
Muzzey, William M. 
Myers, Charles F. 
Myers, Charles W. 
Narberth, George H. 
Neill, Julia Macalester. 
Newbold, Caleb. 
Newbold, Clifford. 
O'Neill, Florence Cliandler. 
O'Neill, Mildred Wilks. 
Quigley, James. 
Patterson, BurdS., Jr. 
Peterson, A. Britton. 
Phriend, Genevieve C. M. 
Phriend, Marie A. 
Prinzing, Nan M. 
Rafferty, James. 
Raule, Clifford. 
Robinett, J. Percy. 
Robinett, Luigi L. 
Robinett, Z)51ie A. 
Robins, Arthur DeB. 
Rouse, Hattie Madeline. 
Rudderow, Benjamin Janney. 
Rudderow, Thomas Wright. 
Rumsey, Joseph F. 
Rumsey, Richard D. 
Saunders, William Lawrence, 

Jr. 
Scott, Alice Acheson. 
Scott, Letitia Butler. 
Simpson, Francis M. 



FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION. 



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GRANT CADETS.— Continued. 



Simpson, Mrs. William, Jr. 
Simpson, William, 3d. 
Sims, John C, 3d. 
Sims, Jo\ is Patterson. 
Sinnickson. Fanny R. 
Skinner, Edwin X. 
Slocum, Charles L. 
Slocum, Louis W. 
Slocum, Mar\' P. 
Smith, Dorothy Murray Bohlen. 
Smith, Edward liingerich. 
Smith, T. Learning. 
Stauch, Carl E. 
Staunton, Howard E. 
Stevenson, Alpheus Waldo, Jr. 
Stoever, Philip Frederick. 
Stoever, William E d w a r d 

Royal. 
Sweeney, Miriam E \- a n s 

Townsend. 
Taylor, Mabel Hayward. 
Teller, Louise S. 
Thomp.son, Ad^le Brabant. 
Thompson, Faith. 
Townsend, Caspar \V. B. 
Townsend, Edith. 
Townsend, Florence Mae. 
Townsend, Marjorie Barton. 
Turner, Elizabeth K. Michau.\. 
Van Lennep, Rebecca R. 
Vendig, Alma Casseres. 
Vendig, Leona Casseres. 
Vendig, Morales Casseres. 
X'endig, Norman Casseres. 



Wagner, Agnes L. 
Wagner, Harriet E. 
Wagner, Louis Marsden. 
Wagner, Robert N. D. 
Walker, Elise. 
Warner, Carden F. 
Warren, Douglas Stockton. 
Warren, Richard Fairfield. 
Weber, Lilian LouiseMargaret 

Cecilia. 
Weber, Marion Maybelle. 
Weber, William Emerson 

Levering. 
Weigh tman, Ethel E. d'l. 
Weightman, Louisa S. 
Widener, Eleanore Elkins. 
Widener, George S., Jr. 
Widener, Harry Elkins. 
Wiedersheim, William A., Jr. 
Wilson, Beatrice Adele. 
Wilson, Helen Natalie. 
White, Richard Stockton. 
Whitehead, Walter T. 
Whitney, Margaretta \'arian. 
Whitney, W. Beaumont, Jr. 
Woodward, Clara. 
Wright, Ethel D. 
Wright, W. D. Craig. 
^'arrow, Kenible. 
Yarrow, William K. 
Yeatts, May Day. 
Yeatts, Nicea B. 
Young, Sara C. 
Ziegler, Walter L. 



Contributors. 



Cohen. Charles J. . . 
Dechert, Henrj- M. . 
Devine, Mrs. Mark . 
Fitler, Mrs. Edwin H. 



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5.00 
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5,00 



Freeman, Mrs. George M. . I5.00 

Howell, Mrs. Charles H. . 5.00 

Robinett, Col. J. Percy . . 5.00 

Teller, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. . 50.00 



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